Four children among six killed in train-car crash in NT
Four children are believed to be among those killed in a head-on collision in the Northern Territory. All six occupants of a four-wheel drive were killed in the collision with a road train on the Stuart highway just north of Katherine.
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00:00 It's a very distressing scene. We've never seen anything quite like it. When you have
00:07 two vehicles collide and then there's a level of fire involved and the tragedy and the disaster
00:14 victim identification team having to do the work they do in a respectful manner to recover
00:18 the remains so we can bring finality and closure to families. There's two pathways and Brendan
00:25 will speak further to this around obviously the identification of the deceased. The detectives
00:29 have been working quite hard backtracking through to Catherine. Obviously the Bajero
00:33 was travelling north when the crash occurred so we do have some information around the
00:40 people in Catherine and the vehicle and people have already come forward with dash cam footage
00:45 that will call on witnesses and if you do have any information or have seen this vehicle
00:50 please give us a call and help the detectives piece the why together, why this tragedy occurred
00:55 and how it occurred. The identification obviously is now under the responsibility of our scientists
01:02 through DNA analysis. There's going to be people out there that haven't heard from their
01:06 loved ones. If you haven't heard from your loved ones please ring us on 131 444 so we
01:12 can help obviously with the investigation and any support services required for you.
01:18 Again saying that the road toll now sits at 19 compared to 42 at the same time last year.
01:25 19 deaths on Northern Territory roads is still completely unacceptable. We see a high level
01:30 of pedestrian death as well but people please take care on our roads.
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