FED: National holiday road toll rises to 14

AAP General News (Australia)
12-25-2006
FED: National holiday road toll rises to 14

The national holiday road toll has risen to 14 .. with the death of a 24-year-old man
in Sydney's south-west.

New South Wales Police say the Granville man was driving north along the Hume Highway
when his car rolled and crashed into power poles at Casula .. around 9.15 (AEDT) last
night.

A police spokeswoman says the driver .. who was the sole occupant of the car .. died
at the scene.

His death takes the NSW holiday road toll to six .. and the national toll to 14.

NSW Police say motorists are ignoring pleas to watch their speed, with more than three-and-a-half-thousand
motorists caught speeding in NSW since Operation Stay Safe began on Friday.

One man from Sydney had his licence suspended after police clocked him travelling at
181 kilometres an hour in a 110 km/h zone on the Hume Highway near Jugiong, west of Yass.



In other states .. three people have been killed on Queensland roads .. two each on
South Australian and Tasmanian roads .. and one in Victoria.

The ACT, Northern Territory and WA remain fatality free.



(Eds: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 22 to 2359 January
5. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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