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Originally Posted by gary
As we try and remind all those who attend the South
Pacific Star Party every year, please drive slowly and do
not over-take on the Tara Loop Road, which is the gravel
road leading to the ASNSW property.
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Sydney Morning Herald and AAP report -
September 24, 2006 - 12:15PM
Two teenage boys have been killed and another seriously
injured in a car accident in central western NSW this
morning.
The three boys, all aged about 15, were travelling in a
four-wheel-drive along Tara Loop Road, in Ilford, near
Mudgee, when the vehicle left the road and overturned at
6.30am (AEST).
One of the boys managed to free himself from the vehicle
but the others were trapped and died after a fire broke
out.
The surviving boy was airlifted to Nepean Hospital in
Sydney with serious spinal injuries.
No-one else was travelling in the vehicle.
AAP
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That is very sad news indeed.
However, something good can come of this, in a cruel way that will allow the local council to be able to apply for federal funding under the AUSLINK banner for Blackspot funding. Two deaths on a gravel road can mean the council can apply for money up to 1/2 million to get some work done on the road surface and linemarking and nightime delineation markings. So whoever is on the committee for looking after Ilford, petition the local council and goad them into applying for the funding
