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| Home and Away actor in critical condition after triple-fatal NSW crash | Home and Away actor in critical condition after triple-fatal NSW crash |
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| Two sisters are in hospital fighting for life after a fiery crash on the New South Wales south coast killed their parents and left them critically injured. | Two sisters are in hospital fighting for life after a fiery crash on the New South Wales south coast killed their parents and left them critically injured. |
| One of the siblings, 28-year-old Jessica Falkholt, is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts and has had acting roles in 16 Home and Away episodes and other Australian drama series. | One of the siblings, 28-year-old Jessica Falkholt, is a graduate of the National Institute of Dramatic Arts and has had acting roles in 16 Home and Away episodes and other Australian drama series. |
| The head-on Boxing Day crash near Ulladulla left three people dead after a four-wheel-drive crossed the road and collided with a car carrying the Falkholt family, police believe. | The head-on Boxing Day crash near Ulladulla left three people dead after a four-wheel-drive crossed the road and collided with a car carrying the Falkholt family, police believe. |
| Witnesses pulled Falkholt and her sister Annabelle, 21, from the wreckage as the vehicles were engulfed in flames but her parents died at the scene along with a 50-year-old man. | Witnesses pulled Falkholt and her sister Annabelle, 21, from the wreckage as the vehicles were engulfed in flames but her parents died at the scene along with a 50-year-old man. |
| Annabelle was still fighting for life in Liverpool hospital on Wednesday evening while Jessica was also in a critical condition on Thursday morning in St George hospital. Family members were by their side in hospital. | Annabelle was still fighting for life in Liverpool hospital on Wednesday evening while Jessica was also in a critical condition on Thursday morning in St George hospital. Family members were by their side in hospital. |
| Meanwhile, a woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash in the NSW south on Thursday morning. She was driving a van that collided with a heavy vehicle travelling in the same direction on the Hume Highway at Gunning, police said. | |
| It brings the number of people who’ve died on NSW roads since 15 December to 22. Both NSW and Victorian police said regional areas of each state had been overrepresented in figures. In NSW, 285 people have died on regional roads this year compared with 103 in metropolitan areas. | |
| Police blamed the disparity on poor decisions by drivers, including speeding, drink driving and fatigue. The assistant NSW commissioner, Michael Corboy, said road users needer to take more responsibility. | Police blamed the disparity on poor decisions by drivers, including speeding, drink driving and fatigue. The assistant NSW commissioner, Michael Corboy, said road users needer to take more responsibility. |
| “Tragically, when a bad decision is made by a driver or rider, it is not only that person that is put at risk, they are usually putting their own passengers and all other road users at risk of getting involved in a fatal crash,” he said in a statement. | “Tragically, when a bad decision is made by a driver or rider, it is not only that person that is put at risk, they are usually putting their own passengers and all other road users at risk of getting involved in a fatal crash,” he said in a statement. |
| “We are past the point of being disappointed, we are now angry that drivers are not listening to our warnings.” | “We are past the point of being disappointed, we are now angry that drivers are not listening to our warnings.” |