Easter national road toll climbs to nine

A four-year-old boy is among nine people who have died on Australian roads so far over the Easter long weekend.

The boy was struck by a car as he crossed a road at Port Elliot, south of Adelaide, about 2pm (CST) on Sunday, police said.

A doctor and nurse who were nearby tried frantically to resuscitate the child but he died at the scene from head injuries.

Elsewhere, three crashes claimed three lives in NSW, with two deaths each in Victoria and the NT, and one in Queensland.

A motorcyclist died when her machine collided with a car in the southeastern Queensland town of Birnam, near Beaudesert, about 10.50am (AEST) on Sunday.

In northern NSW a 45-year-old woman was killed when her car veered off the road in Woodenbong about 1.30am.

Also in the state’s north, a man died when his car left the Kamilaroi Highway and struck a tree at Curlewis, near Gunnedah, about 5.15am on Saturday.

On Friday, a 61-year-old man died when his car ran off the road in Leppington, in Sydney’s west.

In the NT, a fiery car crash at Alice Springs killed two people on Saturday night.

Police said a disqualified driver sped away from officers after entering a roundabout in the wrong direction, and a short time later the car slammed into a power pole and burst into flames.

The 27-year-old male driver and a female passenger, who was thrown from the car, died at the scene, while two other women and a child were injured.

And in Victoria, a man and a woman aged in their 30s died when their slammed into a tree at Ringwood, in Melbourne’s east, about 3.30am on Saturday.

The Easter toll, which began at midnight on Thursday and runs to midnight on Monday, coincides with Operation Crossroads, a national police blitz on the roads over the long weekend.

The high-visibility operation sees police targeting excessive speed, fatigue, driver inattention and drink- and drug-affected driving.

A total of 15 deaths occurred on Australian roads last Easter.

(EDS: The Easter road toll figures are for the period 0001 April 5 to 2359 April 9)

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