NSW: National road toll stands at 21

AAP General News (Australia)
12-28-2004
NSW: National road toll stands at 21

SYDNEY, Dec 28 AAP - The national Christmas holiday road toll tonight remained at 21.

The latest death came overnight in Western Australia when a 17-year-old driver died
in a fiery car crash.

Police say the teenager lost control of his car in Greenough, south of Geraldton in
the state's midwest.

His 16-year-old sister escaped from the burning car and is in hospital with eye and
knee injuries.

Four people have now died on WA roads since last Thursday.

Another seven have died in Victoria, four in NSW, three in Queensland, two in the Northern
Territory and one in South Australia.

There have been no road fatalities in Tasmania and the ACT.





(Eds: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 23 to 2359 January
3. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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