UPDATE: THE death of a pedestrian killed after being hit by two separate cars in Tasmania has taken the holiday road toll to 30.
The 21-year-old man was standing on the Tasman Highway when he was struck by a ute at Cambridge, east of Hobart, at about 2.40am (AEDT) yesterday.
THE CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR NATIONAL ROAD TOLL STANDS AT 30 AFTER 7 DAYS:
- NSW - 8
- VICTORIA - 7
- QUEENSLAND -4
- WA - 5
- SA - 4
- TASMANIA - 2
- ACT - 0
- NT - 0
- TOTAL - 30
The ute did not stop and shortly afterwards a sedan travelling west on the highway ran over the man, who was injured and lying on the road. The man died at the scene.
In Victoria, a man died following a crash involving two cars at Hoddle Street in East Melbourne.
One car ran into the back of the other vehicle just before 5.20am (AEDT), propelling it into a tree on the footpath.
A male passenger in one of the cars died at the scene.
Meanwhile, a NSW motorcyclist died following a collision with a ute in the state's north.
The man in his 60s was riding his motorbike on the Summerland Way, near Whiporie, when it hit a Mazda ute at about 10.45am (AEDT).
The motorcyclist died at the scene while the driver of the ute was not hurt, police said.
On Friday night, a 38-year-old woman died after a head-on collision near Bundaberg in central Queensland.
Four other people were taken to hospital as a result of the crash.
In Western Australia on Friday night a woman was killed and another injured in a fatal crash north of Perth.
The 28-year-old female driver of a Holden sedan was killed when she lost control of the vehicle at Stirling and rolled down an embankment at about 6.30pm.
