NSW: National holiday road toll remains at 17

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2008
NSW: National holiday road toll remains at 17

SYDNEY, Dec 23 AAP - The national holiday road toll stands at 17 on Tuesday, with no
new fatalities recorded since Monday.

The last reported death happened at 6pm (AEDT) on Monday when a 67-year-old woman died
after the car she was travelling in rolled several times on the Barkley Highway, north
of Mount Isa, in north-west Queensland.

NSW has recorded the most deaths at six, followed by Victoria on five, Queensland on
three, the Northern Territory on two, and Western Australia on one.

The ACT, South Australia and Tasmania are so far fatality free.

(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 19 to 2359 January
2. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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