Car crash chaos: Three dead, two fighting for life after horror night on Australian roads
Chaos has unfolded on Australian roads overnight with five separate car crashes claiming multiple lives and leaving others fighting for life in hospital just three weeks away from Christmas.
New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia are dealing with the aftermath of the horror night that saw three fatalities along with one teenager hit by a truck and another thrown from a rolling car.
More than 1200 motorists have now lost their lives on Australian roads in the last 12-months, a figure that history says will grow over the festive season.
NEW SOUTH WALES
2:15am
A horrific two-car collision on the Princes Highway at Wandandian claimed the life of a 17-year-old male and left a 58-year-old man in a serious but stable condition.
Initial investigations suggest the older man’s Kia Cerato and the teenager’s Toyota Cressida crashed head-on before they were both airlifted to St George Hospital. The young man died on arrival.
A passenger in the Kia, a 56-year-old woman, was treated at the scene and taken by NSW Ambulance Paramedics to Shoalhaven Hospital in a stable condition.
2:30am
A teenage pedestrian was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition after he was struck by a truck on the M2 motorway, about 1km east of Abbott Road.
The male driver of the truck was not injured but was treated for shock and taken to Blacktown Hospital for mandatory blood and urine testing.
3:20am
Overnight police and firefighters were called to a crash site at Bringelly where they discovered a body inside a flaming vehicle that had ignited after crashing into a tree.
A crime scene was established when emergency services arrived at the scene and officers from Fire and Rescue NSW worked to extinguish the blaze.
The victim died at the scene.
VICTORIA
11:15pm
A 19-year-old Brookfield man has died after he was thrown from a speeding vehicle that veered through a fence and rolled several times in a paddock at Kurunjang, 45km out of Melbourne.
He was transported to hospital but died a short time after arrival.
The Ford sedan, travelling south on Coburns Road, lost control leaving a further two passengers in the car with minor injuries.
It is the 270th death on Victorian roads this year.
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
11:45pm
An 80-year-old woman is in a critical condition following a two-car crash at Clearview last night.
The elderly Prospect woman sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, while the driver and passenger of the second car were not injured.
