WA: Woman dies after jumping out of moving car

AAP General News (Australia)
02-16-2007
WA: Woman dies after jumping out of moving car

PERTH, Feb 16 AAP - Police are investigating why a woman jumped to her death from a
moving vehicle in Western Australia's far north.

The 32-year-old woman was in a Toyota HiAce campervan returning to Wickham, about 1,600km
north of Perth, after a fishing trip when the incident occurred, police said.

The car was being driven by a 40-year-old man and the woman was in the front passenger
seat, while two other women were also passengers in the van.

Police said the HiAce was travelling between 50km/h and 60km/h when the woman opened
the front passenger door and jumped out.

She suffered head injuries and was taken to hospital at Karratha, about 40km south-west
of Wickham, and later airlifted to Perth.

The woman died from the head injuries in the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre yesterday morning.

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