Rush of accidents lifts road toll to 46: [1 Edition]
Stapleton, John. The Australian [Canberra, A.C.T] 01 Jan 2002: 2.
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NSW is the worst hit, with a toll of 20. Nine people have died in Queensland, eight in Victoria and three each in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
In NSW, a man believed to be in his 20s was killed in a two-car collision at Anna Bay, north of Sydney. The 64-year-old driver of the other car sustained serious injuries and was flown to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.
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THE holiday road toll reached 46 yesterday as a string of fatalities in all the main states over a 48-hour period dashed hopes of a good Christmas-New Year season on the roads.
NSW is the worst hit, with a toll of 20. Nine people have died in Queensland, eight in Victoria and three each in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia.
No one has been killed in the ACT and Tasmania.
A 21-year-old man died on Sunday night after his car hit a tree northwest of Perth.
A 53-year-old cyclist was killed in Adelaide after colliding with a car. The woman, from the suburb of West Lakes, died at the scene.
Early yesterday, a man died in Caboolture Hospital in Queensland after a car accident north of Brisbane that killed another person. A man from one of thevehicles was flown by helicopter to the Royal Brisbane Hospital with multiple injuries.
In NSW, a man believed to be in his 20s was killed in a two-car collision at Anna Bay, north of Sydney. The 64-year-old driver of the other car sustained serious injuries and was flown to John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle.
The holiday season’s national road toll is one down on last year, when 47 people were killed up to December 30.