NSW: Seven people die on NSW roads during the Easter period
SYDNEY, April 2 AAP - Seven people died on NSW roads this Easter holiday period, withthree other reported deaths in the immediate aftermath of the holiday break.
The seven people to lose their lives were all male and aged between two and 79.
NSW Police Chief Superintendent Ron Sorrensen said surprisingly the majority of thedeaths were as a result of single vehicle crashes.
"This year's Easter fatal statistics are a reversal of what we usually expect. Thisyear of the seven deaths, four were in the metropolitan areas and three in country areas,"
Chief Supt Sorrensen said.
Four people died on NSW roads during the same period last year.
Three people died on NSW roads in the hours after the Easter holiday period came toan end at midnight last night.
An 11-year-old boy was killed and four members of his family, including an eight-year-oldgirl, were seriously injured in a car smash in southern NSW today.
Police said the family, from Victoria, were involved in a two-car head-on crash aboutnoon on the Hume Highway at Tumblong, near Gundagai.
Two other people were killed about 3.30pm today, when their car and a truck collidedon the Princess Highway at Sussex Inlet, on the NSW South Coast.
(EDS: AAP's Easter road toll figures are for the period 0001 AEDT March 28 to 2359AEST April 1. Some states and territories may have different periods.)
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