AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2004
Qld: First Xmas fatality on Queensland roads
BRISBANE, Dec 23 AAP - A teenager has become the first fatality on Queensland roads
this Christmas.
Police said the 17-year-old passenger died in the Gold Coast Hospital this afternoon
after he suffered serious head injuries in a two vehicle crash on Maudsland Road in the
Gold Coast hinterland suburb of Maudsland about 1am (AEST) today.
Police believe the teenager was not wearing a seatbelt and hit the car windscreen.
The 17-year-old male driver of the car, and a woman and man in other vehicle suffered
minor injuries.
Last year, 18 people died on Queensland roads over the Christmas-New Year period.
AAP rad/cjh/tnf
KEYWORD: TOLL QLD
2004 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.
No comments:
Post a Comment