Qld: Man dies in head-on

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2009
Qld: Man dies in head-on

BRISBANE, Dec 29 AAP - A 33-year-old man has died in a head-on collision in central
Queensland, lifting the state's holiday road toll to eight.

The man, from Brisbane, died instantly when the car he was driving and another vehicle
collided on Round Hill Road in Agnes Waters around 11.30am (AEST) on Tuesday.

The other driver was taken to Bundaberg Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

There were no other occupants in either vehicle.

On Monday night, a teenager died in a crash near Maryborough.

The 17-year-old was killed when a Mazda sedan he was in and a Toyota utility collided
at the intersection of Iindah and Teddington roads at Tinana about 9.35pm (AEST.

The youth was taken to Maryborough Hospital but died a short time later.

The Mazda driver, a 17-year-old girl, was taken to the same hospital with minor injuries.

The ute driver, a 17-year-old boy, sustained "very minor injuries", police said.



(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 18 to 2359 January
3. Some states and territories have different periods.)

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