Driver killed, two people trapped as cars crash in Palmerston, NT
Survivors were cut from two cars involved in a crash that killed a woman on Wednesday.
One of the survivors was travelling alone in a Toyota Corolla which collided with a Nissan X-trail carrying three others on Kirkland Rd, at Durack, in the north of Darwin 's satellite city Palmerston, about 5.10am.
One woman inside the Nissan died at the scene, Northern Territory Police said.
The Toyota driver and one of the surviving Nissan occupants had to be freed from the wreckage by emergency services.
Both lanes of Kirkland Rd are expected to be closed between Elrundie Ave and Wishart Rd until midmorning on Wednesday.
NT Police detective sergeant Richard Musgrave warned motorists 'to take the Fatal Five seriously'.
'Don't drink and drive, don't drive fatigued or distracted, don't speed and always wear your seatbelt.'
The death marks the 12th life lost on NT roads this year.
Investigations into the crash remain ongoing.
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