NSW: Alleged WA hit-run takes Easter road toll to six

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2006
NSW: Alleged WA hit-run takes Easter road toll to six

SYDNEY, April 14 AAP - The death of a 64-year-old man in Western Australia has taken
the national Easter holiday road toll to six.

An unlicensed driver was charged over the alleged hit-run accident at Medina, south of Perth.

The man was hit on Westcott Road about 11.45am (WST) today, police said.

A 34-year-old woman was later charged with failing to stop, failing to report the matter
and failing to render assistance.

The woman, of nearby Orelia, had no driver's licence, police said.

A white Holden Commodore station wagon was believed to be involved, and police are
seeking witnesses to the accident.

It was the first road death in Western Australia during the Easter holiday period.

Two people died earlier today on Australia's roads.

One fatality, in South Australia, involved another hit-and-run accident.

Police believe the 37-year-old victim may have been lying on the road when hit by a
car about 5.20am (CST) today in Adelaide's north.

The man's body was found lying on Main North Road at Elizabeth East.

The death was the second on South Australian roads since the beginning of the Easter
holiday period.

A 17-year-old from Alstonville, in northern NSW, also died today when the car he was
driving was involved in a collision with another car north of Tyndale, near Grafton, about
9am (AEST) today.

He died at the scene, while the 27-year-old male driver of the other vehicle was taken
to Grafton Hospital in a serious condition.

The Pacific Highway remained closed for several hours due to the crash.

The toll in NSW since yesterday morning is now at two, and there was one fatality in Queensland.

Victoria, Tasmania, the ACT and Northern Territory remain fatality-free on the roads
so far during the holiday period.

(EDS: AAP's Easter road toll figures are for the period 0001 April 13 to 2359 April
17. Some states and territories may have different periods.)

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