AAP General News (Australia)
04-24-2009
Qld: Five remain in hospital following fatal Fraser Island smash
BRISBANE, April 24 AAP - Five tourists remain in hospital as police continue to investigate
a crash on Fraser Island which killed two of their touring companions.
A four-wheel drive carrying 11 backpackers rolled at Dundaburra on Saturday morning
when the driver tried to avoid a wave.
A 22-year-old British man and 26-year-old Italian woman died.
Two British men aged 20 and 21, a British woman, 22, a Swiss man, 29 and Norwegian
woman, 19, remain in a Brisbane hospital.
Four men and a woman, from Germany, Britain and Norway have been released from hospital.
The crash led to a pledge by Premier Anna Bligh to lower the current 80km/h speed limit
and look at driver training regarding hire vehicles.
Police are preparing a report for the Coroner.
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KEYWORD: FRASER
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