FED: National Christmas road toll rises to 13

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2006
FED: National Christmas road toll rises to 13

The national holiday season road toll has climbed to 13 .. with the the death last
night of a motorcyclist on the New South Wales mid north coast.

Police say a 50 year-old man's motorcycle left the road and hit a tree while travelling
south of Grafton .. and the man died at the scene.

Earlier this morning .. a 17-year-old P-plater was killed in Sydney's north-west ..

when his car smashed into a power pole in North Richmond just after midnight.

Police say New South Wales motorists are ignoring their pleas to slow down over the
Christmas period .. with 1900 motorists caught speeding so far this weekend.





New South Wales has the highest Christmas road toll with five deaths .. while three
people have been killed on Queensland roads.

Two people have died in both South Australia and Tasmania .. and there's been one death
in Victoria.





(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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