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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Peter Brewer

More roo strikes on cars, with ACT's local highways the danger zone

Stopped at the side of Macs Reef Road, north of Canberra, with the hazards lights flashing on her badly damaged Ford Focus, the woman driver was out of the car and sobbing.

She was unhurt but her hatchback had hit a kangaroo mid-leap and front-on at around 90kmh; hard enough to stove in the car's grille and radiator, peel back part of the bonnet, smash the animal's body against the now-decimated windscreen and trigger both front airbags.

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