

Dad dies in triple-fatal Tas car crash

Two young children have survived a head-on two-car crash in northern Tasmania that killed their father and two other men.
Police say the 33-year-old dad's 4WD veered into the path of an oncoming ute on the Bass Highway at Carrick around 5.30am on Wednesday.
He was killed instantly in the collision. The two men, aged 63 and 65, in the ute also died at the scene.
The two children, aged nine months and four years old, were in the back seat of the 4WD and were taken to nearby Launceston General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The father wasn't wearing a seatbelt, police say, but his kids were properly restrained.
"We thank the members of the community that stopped to render assistance ... in what can only be described as an absolute tragedy," Tasmania Police Commander Brett Smith told reporters.
Police don't believe speed contributed to the crash, but the results of drug and alcohol tests are pending.
All three men were from Tasmania's north.
Heavy rain lashed the region in the hours after the crash but police say weather conditions weren't poor at the time of the collision.
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