NSW: Driver in fatal crash was on wrong side of road: police

AAP General News (Australia)
04-17-2006
NSW: Driver in fatal crash was on wrong side of road: police

SYDNEY, April 17 AAP - Police say a driver apparently crossed onto the wrong side of
a Sydney road before his car collided head-on with another, killing him and two other
people.

NSW's traffic services commander, Chief Superintendent John Hartley, has repeated calls
for young motorists to take care following today's triple fatality at Horningsea Park,
in Sydney's west.

The crash killed the male driver of a Subaru WRX, and a male passenger, both aged in
their early 20s.

The 75-year-old driver of the other car, a Holden Kingswood, also died at the scene
on Bringelly Road about 10.05am (AEST).

A third young man, who had been travelling in back seat of the Subaru, was taken by
ambulance to Liverpool Hospital under the care of an NRMA CareFlight doctor.

"It certainly would appear that the driver of the WRX has travelled on the incorrect
side of the roadway for an unknown reason," Supt Hartley told reporters.

"This is a tragedy. It should not have happened."

Supt Hartley warned young drivers to slow down.

"I reminded people yesterday about young people on our roads, and the road safety message
to them ... to slow down, to take their time," he said.

The crash takes the NSW Easter road toll to seven after two single car accidents overnight.

A Canberra man, aged in his 30s, died when the four-wheel drive he was travelling in
overturned on Moira Vale Road, near the Melrose to Condobolin Road.

A 39-year-old was killed when the car he was driving left the road and hit a tree at
Coolangatta Estate, near Nowra, on the NSW south coast.

Supt Hartley said that more than 8,500 motorists had been booked for speeding since Thursday.

He said some young drivers had been caught clocking more than 200kph in 80kph and 110kph zones.

"These are some alarming statistics," he said.

"Certainly we are concerned about the high number of speeds detected across this state."

Supt Hartley urged motorists to be patient and careful as they returned from their Easter breaks.

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