Northern Territory police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a young man in a car which rolled over near Berry Springs, south of Darwin. Two people survived the crash and has prompted more calls for drivers to take extra care on territory roads.
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00:00A nightmarish scene, with two men found trapped inside an overturned Toyota Hilux.
00:09A 19-year-old man survived, but a 25-year-old male passenger had died.
00:15St John's attended, police rendered aid, however unfortunately one of the persons in
00:21the vehicle passed away on the scene.
00:24About 5.30 this morning, emergency services received reports of a single vehicle rollover
00:30on Cox Peninsula Road, about 35 kilometres south of the Stuart Highway.
00:36Police say the vehicle was carrying three people, including a 20-year-old woman who
00:41made her own way to Palmerston before police arrived.
00:45Initial indications would show us that speed, alcohol and attention are definitely factors
00:52in this crash.
00:54The ABC understands the two crash survivors were taken here to Royal Darwin Hospital.
00:59Police say the 19-year-old man who was pulled from the wreckage suffered a head injury,
01:04while the condition of the 20-year-old woman who left the scene remains unknown.
01:10The tragedy marks the sixth road fatality this year, after a 42-year-old female pedestrian
01:16was struck and killed in Berrima on Wednesday night.
01:20Police say the driver immediately stopped and tested negative for drugs and alcohol.
01:25After last year's horror death toll of 60 lives lost, the NT's peak road safety body
01:31has been calling for infrastructure upgrades.
01:3470% of our roads are unsealed, we don't have the safety barriers and we don't have
01:41the signage to the same extent that we see in other parts of the country.
01:47They're also concerned people just aren't taking the issue seriously.
01:52The community is becoming a little bit blasé around road safety messaging.
01:57A plea to prevent heartache for loved ones left behind.