Qld: Man dies in single vehicle accident north of Brisbane

AAP General News (Australia)
12-31-2005
Qld: Man dies in single vehicle accident north of Brisbane

BRISBANE, Dec 31 AAP - A man has died in a single vehicle accident north of Brisbane,
bringing the Queensland road toll for the Christmas-New Year period to 11.

The man's body was found in the car on the side of Beachmere Road at Beachmere at 5.10am
(AEST) today, after the vehicle apparently ran off the road and hit a tree, police said.

It was not immediately clear if anyone else was in the car at the time of the accident.

No further details were available.

His death follows that of a 16-year-old girl driving with a fake licence who was killed
in a single vehicle accident near Marlborough in central Queensland, yesterday.

The girl died after the sedan failed to negotiate a bend on the Bruce Highway and rolled
about 40km north of Marlborough at about 11.05am (AEST) yesterday.

Queensland's road toll is the highest in Australia after the first week of the 15-day
Christmas-New Year holiday period.

So far this year, the state road toll is 326.

The national toll for the holiday period is 33.

WA's toll total is five and seven people have died in Victoria since the holiday toll
period started on December 23.

There have been five fatalities in NSW, three in South Australia and two in Tasmania.

The ACT and the Northern Territory remain fatality free.



(EDS: AAP's Xmas/New Year road toll figures are for the period December 23 to January
6. Some state and territory police forces may use different road toll periods)

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