08 NEWS
SUNDAY JULY 24 2016
Tourists
killed in
highway
smash
JILL POULSEN
THE two people killed in a
horror smash just outside of
Barrow Creek were a husband
and wife in their 70s from Tasmania.
The pair was killed instantly
when the Land Rover Discovery, towing a caravan, came
off the bitumen and the driver
over corrected.
It caused the 4WD and
caravan to jackknife before
colliding with a Fiat Ducato
motorhome.
The 4WD, that was travelling north towards Darwin,
caught fire immediately after
the crash and was completely
destroyed.
The two people in the motorhome were another husband and wife aged in their 70s
from New South Wales and
were travelling south towards
Alice Springs.
Once they were freed from
the wreckage they were flown
to Alice Springs Hospital.
Verdict for
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Scene of Friday’s fatal accident near
Barrow Creek
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“The open
speed zone is
something to
be mindful of –
make sure
you’re driving
to the speed
you vehicle is
capable of”
The woman suffered serious head injuries and was
flown to Adelaide for further
treatment yesterday.
The man was in a stable
condition in Alice Springs
Hospital and was being treated
for a broken leg.
Detective Acting Superintendent Darwin Traffic Operations Janelle Tonkin said
investigations were ongoing
but at this stage excessive
speed was not considered to be
a factor in the crash.
“We don’t believe speed was
a factor although there is no
speed limit in that zone we
don’t believe they were travelling at a speed that would be
deemed to be too fast for the
vehicles,” she said.
The section of the highway
was partially closed until the
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early hours of yesterday morning while investigators processed the scene.
Superintendent Tonkin said
anyone that was travelling on
the stretch of road and saw
anything that may help investigators piece together the moment leading up to the crash
should call police on Police on
131 444.
“It is a busy time for the NT
there are a lot of caravanners
and tourists, people holidaying
on the Territory’s roads,” she
said.
“The open speed zone is
something to be mindful of –
make sure you’re driving to the
speed your vehicle is capable
of.”
The crash takes the Territory’s road toll to 21, it was 25 at
the same time last year.
Russian balloonist breaks record
RUSSIAN adventurer Fedor
Konyukhov has broken the record for the fastest circumnavigation of the earth in a hot
air balloon.
Mr Konyukhov passed
Northam in Western Australia
yesterday afternoon, 11 days
after he began his journey in
the same spot.
He beat the late Steve Fossett’s round the world record
by two days.
He is now looking to make a
safe landing.
Mr
Konyukhov’s
son,
Oscar, said his father had already travelled 34,000km, but
would not celebrate until he
was safely on Australian soil.
“He’s still up in the air, he
needs to be down on the
ground,” Oscar Konyukhov
said yesterday morning.
Excited locals have been
posting photographs of the 64-
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thousands of metres above the
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WA Police even got on the
bandwagon and suggested a
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enduring Antarctic winds and
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A LEBANESE court is set to
hand down its verdict on
whether a former Australian
soldier charged over 60 Minutes’ botched child abduction
attempt is allowed to lift a ban
preventing him from leaving
the country while on bail.
Australian-British national
Adam Whittington is expected
to hear the verdict at a Beirut
court today after the father of
the children at the centre of
scandal successfully placed a
travel ban on him.
Mr Whittington, who acts
as a child recovery agent, was
last week granted bail on charges of kidnapping the children
of Brisbane mum Sally Faulkner from a street in Lebanon in
April while being filmed by a
Nine Network 60 Minutes
crew.
Mr Whittington’s lawyer
Joe Karam said his client was
being held to ransom by the father, Ali Elamine, who he accused of applying the travel
ban after demanding money in
return for dropping charges
against Mr Whittington and
his colleagues.
Mr Elamine’s team allegedly asked for a “huge
amount” of money from Mr
Whittington’s family.
While Ms Faulkner and the
60 Minutes crew were released
from jail after two weeks because Nine reportedly paid
$500,000 to the children’s
Lebanese father, Mr Whittington and his three colleagues
were kept behind bars.
Mr Karam said he has presented evidence in court of a
$500,000 cheque paid to Mr
Elamine’s lawyer for the release of the defendants.
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