NSW: 14 killed on Australian roads

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2000
NSW: 14 killed on Australian roads

It's been a grim start to the Christmas holidays with 14 people killed on the roads
- 10 in New South Wales.

Police are repeating their warning to motorists to slow down and avoid fatigue in a
bid to reduce the carnage.

Last night a 10-year-old girl was killed when the car she was in veered of the Pacific
Highway at Killara on Sydney's upper north shore and hit a power pole.

Her 13-year-old brother is in a stable condition in hospital and her mother, who was
driving, has a fractured neck and is in a serious condition.

Police are urging everyone to be aware of the fatal four: speeding, drink driving,
not wearing a seatbelt and driving while tired.

Since Friday, two people have been killed in Queensland, one in Victoria and one in
South Australia.







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

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