FED: National road toll at 10

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2010
FED: National road toll at 10

The death of a man in South Australia has lifted the national Easter road toll over
the holiday long weekend to 10.

The 20-year-old Peterborough man was a passenger in a car which crashed yesterday at
Yongala .. in the state's mid-north .. the second Easter fatality in the state.

Police say the car was carrying five young adults .. none of whom was wearing seatbelts
.. and they've charged the 23-year-old male driver with dangerous driving.

Police across the country have condemned the actions of drivers who've put themselves
and others at risk over the long weekend.

Meanwhile .. in NSW .. police are continuing to hunt two teenage boys who allegedly
stole and crashed a car in Sydney's west before abandoning it .. leaving three injured
passengers behind.

And in Victoria .. police have announced the establishment of a taskforce to focus
on catching and locking up drivers who cause road crashes.



The Easter holiday road toll has seen three killed in Victoria .. two in NSW and SA
.. and one each in Queensland, WA and the ACT.

(EDS: AAP's Easter road toll figures are for the period 0001 April 1 to 2359 April
5. Some states and territories might have different periods.)

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