AAP General News (Australia)
12-25-2011
WA:Taiwanese man killed in WA road crash
PERTH, Dec 25 AAP - A 27-year-old Taiwanese man has been killed after losing control
of his car at Brookton in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region.
Police said the man and two passengers were travelling west on the Brookton Corrigin
Road when he lost control on a bend and crashed into trees at about 5pm (WST) on Saturday.
The driver died at the scene and is the first road fatality in WA for the Christmas
holiday period.
A 25-year-old male passenger had to be cut free from the car and was flown by rescue
helicopter to Royal Perth Hospital in a critical condition.
A backseat passenger was taken to Narrogin Hospital for treatment to minor injuries.
(EDS: The national road toll period runs from 0001 December 23, 2011 until 2359 January
3, 2012, local times, in line with the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Board.)
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