The vehicle at the crash scene in East Bagdad Rd yesterday. Picture: MATT THOMPSON
A MAN in his 70s is dead, after his ute hit an embankment and turned onto its side at Bagdad yesterday.
The victim, the sole occupant of the grey Ford utility, is understood to have been close to his home on East Bagdad Rd when he lost control of the vehicle.
Accident investigators believe a medical condition may have caused the crash.
"It's too early to say at this stage but that's certainly something we're looking at," Sergeant Rod Carrick said at the scene.
He said speed, inattention and drugs or alcohol had been ruled out as factors.
An examination of the crash site yesterday showed the driver had crossed to the wrong side of the road just before 1.45pm while travelling north and had driven into the roadside table drain. The ute continued for a short distance before rolling onto the passenger side.
Another motorist saw the accident and stopped to provide assistance but the man died at the scene.
With Operation Crossroads now in full swing nationwide, police are urging drivers to do what they can to make themselves and their passengers safe over the Christmas and New Year period.
The official 12-day holiday period got off to a terrible start with six road deaths around the country.
Two women and one man died in three separate road accidents in Victoria, a young woman died after her car crashed into a tree in South Australia and an elderly woman died near Wollongong in NSW.
Tasmania's road toll currently stands at 30 compared with 23 for the same period last year.
The national holiday road toll period ends on January 3.
zara.dawtrey@news.com.au
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