By MAX ALDRED FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

Published: 06:31 BST, 14 May 2025 | Updated: 06:31 BST, 14 May 2025

A woman has been killed in a head-on collision that saw two other passengers temporarily trapped in their vehicles.

A Nissan X-Trail SUV carrying three people crashed into a Toyota Corolla on Kirkland Road at Durack, 22km southeast of Darwin, about 5.10am on Wednesday. 

A woman travelling in the X-Trail died at the scene while one of her passengers became temporarily trapped in the vehicle. 

The driver of the Corolla was also cut free by emergency services.

The two surviving passengers from the X-Trail and the driver from the Corolla were rushed to hospital with ‘traumatic’ injuries. 

Both lanes of Kirkland Road were closed between Elrundie Avenue and Wishart Road until mid-morning on Wednesday with drivers urged to take alternative routes. 

NT Police said investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing.

Durack is a suburb of Darwin’s satellite city Palmerstone.

Two vehicles collided early on Wednesday morning in Darwin with one dead, and two trapped in their cars

Two vehicles collided early on Wednesday morning in Darwin with one dead, and two trapped in their cars

Detective Sergeant Richard Musgrave urged drivers to remember the ‘fatal five’.

‘Don’t drink and drive, don’t drive fatigued or distracted, don’t speed and always wear your seatbelt,’ he said.

Anyone with information or footage of the incident has been asked to contact police. 

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Woman is killed in horror head-on crash in the Northern Territory – as three others are rushed to hospital with ‘traumatic’ injuries

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