00:02A roadside crime scene, the site of devastation on the Stewart Highway.
00:08Tragically, both vehicles as a result of that collision were engulfed in fire soon after that collision
00:15with all persons within those vehicles sadly passing away at the scene.
00:21Five people now confirmed killed in the horror head-on crash,
00:25two kilometres from the Marakai turn-off in Darwin's rural area.
00:30All victims believed to be from the Northern Territory.
00:33The Utes' occupants, two men and two women in their 20s and 30s.
00:38And a 69-year-old woman, the sole occupant of the van.
00:43Preliminary investigations suggest that the occupants of vehicles
00:49are from the Roper Golf District and the Greater Darwin region.
00:53Police now say investigations indicate the northbound ute
00:57had crossed onto the wrong side of the highway and into the van
01:01after reportedly being seen overtaking dangerously minutes earlier.
01:07Circumstances of that crash remain very early
01:10and I can't comment further on that at this time.
01:13Police say some members of the public witnessed the horrific scene
01:17of this Stewart Highway accident when the two cars burst into a raging fireball.
01:22Despite best efforts, nobody was able to be pulled out alive.
01:27Despite the efforts of everyone involved,
01:29we now stand before you with five lives lost on Territory roads.
01:34Delays remain in place at the Stewart Highway site
01:37as investigators continue to work through the night
01:40to find answers about what happened.
01:43We'll see you next time.
01:44We'll see you next time.
01:44We'll see you next time.
01:45What episode will be on screen?
01:45See ya.
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