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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Peter Brewer

Review fails to address killer road safety issue of chronic sleep disorder

The traumatic crash scene on the Monaro Highway almost four years ago. Picture: Dion Georgeopoulos

Drivers with dangerous, chronic sleep disorders will not face any tougher scrutiny under the latest comprehensive review of federal driving fitness guidelines, despite the ACT Chief Coroner identifying this medical problem as one of the key issues contributing to a Canberra boy's road death almost four years ago.

Four-year-old Blake Corney died in a horrific road crash on the Monaro Highway at Hume in July 2018.

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