AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2000
NSW: 14 killed on Australian roads so far in Christmas holiday
SYDNEY, Dec 23 AAP - Police are pleading with motorists to slow down and take rest
breaks after a horror start to the Christmas break.
Fourteen people have been killed on the roads since Friday, 10 of them in New South Wales.
Last night a 10-year-old girl was killed when the car she was in veered off the Pacific
Highway at Killara on Sydney's upper north shore, and hit a power pole.
Her 13-year-old brother is in a stable condition in hospital and her mother, who was
driving, has a fractured neck and is in a serious condition.
Police are urging everyone to be aware of the fatal four: speeding, drink driving,
not wearing a seatbelt and driving while tired.
Since Friday, two people have been killed in Queensland, one in Victoria and one in
South Australia.
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