Editorial, December 28: This is one list you never want to appear on
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This is the list of those people who have lost their lives on NSW roads over the Christmas holiday season already.
“There is nothing worse for any police officer than to knock on a door to tell someone their loved one has died,” Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy said.
“Many of these incidents are totally preventable if people would just slow down, rest and not be distracted during their trip.”
Read then list and then stay off it.
16 December 2017
- A 28-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash at Mt Druitt
- A 53-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash at Barellan (near Griffith)
- A 39-year-old woman died after a single-vehicle crash at St Marys
- A 38-year-old woman died after a single-vehicle crash at Yeoval (near Dubbo)
17 December 2017
- An 18-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash at Coolabah (near Nyngan)
21 December 2017
- A 24-year-old man and a 15-year-old girl died after a single-vehicle crash at Darlington Point (near Griffith)
- A 21-year-old woman died when hit by a car at Wallsend
Friday 22 December 2017
- A 77-year-old woman died after being hit by a car at St Leonards
- A 72-year-old man died after a multi-vehicle crash at Carlingford
- A 48-year-old man died after a multi-vehicle crash at Fernside (near Kyogle)
23 December 2017
- A 27-year-old man died when his motorcycle crashed at Dorrigo
- A 25-year-old man died when a car and taxi collided in Walcha
25 December 2017
- A 44-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash at Beelbangera (near Griffith)
26 December 2017
- A 63-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash at Pappinbarra (near Port Macquarie)
- Three people died in a head-on crash south of Sussex Inlet (they are yet to be identified).
- A 25-year-old woman died after a single-vehicle crash at Glenthorne (near Taree)
- A 23-year-old woman died after falling from a 4WD at Peak Hill (near Parkes)
- A 43-year-old man died after a single-vehicle crash at Emu Plains
