Fed: 14 die on nation's roads during Easter holidays

AAP General News (Australia)
04-07-2010
Fed: 14 die on nation's roads during Easter holidays

SYDNEY, April 7 AAP - The national Easter road toll has risen to 14 after the death
of a cyclist injured in a collision with a car during the holiday period.

The death of the 66-year-old cyclist lifts Queensland's Easter road toll to two.

The man was riding a bicycle when it was involved in a collision with a utility in
Rockhampton on Sunday night.

He died in the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital on Tuesday.

Victoria recorded the highest number of road fatalities for the Easter period, with
four, followed by NSW and South Australia with three deaths each.

Western Australia and the ACT each recorded one death, while Tasmania and the Northern
Territory were fatality free.

Last year the Easter road toll stood at 15.



(EDS: AAP's Easter road toll figures are for the period 0001 April 1 to 2359 April
5. Some states and territories may have different periods.)



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