Vic: Teenager dies in collision, Vic Christmas toll now 11

AAP General News (Australia)
12-29-2007
Vic: Teenager dies in collision, Vic Christmas toll now 11

EDS: AAP's Xmas/New Year road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 21 to 2359
January 4. Some state and territory police forces may use different road toll periods.



MELBOURNE, Dec 29 AAP - A teenager has died following a collision at an intersection
in Victoria's northwest, near the border with NSW.

The accident takes Victoria's Christmas road toll to 11, the nation's highest.

The Merbein man, 19, died when his blue Nissan skyline collided with a four-wheel drive
at the intersection of Eddy Road and Kulkyne Way, Redcliffs, at 10am (AEDT) today.

Police said the man was travelling along Eddy Road towards Redcliffs when he went through
the intersection with Kulkyne Way, into the path of the 4WD Land Rover that was headed
west.

The man died at the scene.

The 48-year-old female driver of the Land Rover suffered minor injuries and was taken
to Mildura Hospital for treatment.

Police will investigate the collision and prepare a report for the coroner.

Earlier today a 22-year-old man died after his car slammed into a power pole in Melbourne's east.

The driver died in The Alfred hospital at 8am (AEDT), about seven hours after he lost
control of his car and it ploughed into a pole in High Street, Glen Waverley.

Police said the driver was trapped in the car for about 45 minutes before firecrews
could free him.

The accidents lifted Victoria's Christmas road toll to 11. The state's 2007 road toll
is 331 compared to 334 at this time last year.

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