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Driver dies after car smashes through Tonkin Highway railing, falls onto road beneath near Perth Airport
1File photo: Tonkin Highway
The vehicle slammed through an overpass railing and finished upside down by the road below.
The West Australian didn’t include a summary, so this is 7NEWS’s, from its report on the same story.3
Background: Tonkin Highway
Tonkin Highway is an 81-kilometre-long (50 mi) north–south highway and partial freeway in Perth, Western Australia, linking Perth Airport and Kewdale with the city's north-eastern and south-eastern suburbs. As of April 2020, the northern terminus is at the interchange with Brand Highway and Great Northern Highway in Muchea, and the southern terminus is at Thomas Road in Oakford.4
The story so far
One source so far- Reports
- 8
- Newsrooms and sources
- 1
- Last 3 hours
- 6
Only one newsroom has this so far.
Counted as one newsroom each, because they ran the same copy: The West Australian, PerthNow, 7NEWS (all Seven West Media).
The numbers behind it
How it spread, where it’s heading and where the coverage is from
Where it’s heading
Probably peakedStories in this position rarely added another newsroom from here.
Likely 2 newsrooms by 1:24am AEDT (2 most likely), and 2 to 3 by Thu, 12 Nov, 7:24pm AEDT. 2 now.
| When | Likely range | Most likely |
|---|---|---|
| Now | 2 | 2 |
| In 1 hours (8:24pm AEDT) | 2 to 2 | 2 |
| In 3 hours (10:24pm AEDT) | 2 to 2 | 2 |
| In 6 hours (1:24am AEDT) | 2 to 2 | 2 |
| In 12 hours (7:24am AEDT) | 2 to 3 | 2 |
| In 24 hours (7:24pm AEDT) | 2 to 3 | 2 |
Based on how similar stories played out last week. Right 92% of the time. How this works
Every report, in order
8 reports from 1 newsrooms, first to latest. Each links to the original.
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