Road accident suits target councils in Australia

Insurance company AAMI plans to sue Dalrymple Shire Council in Queensland for negligence in respect of the state of the road surface. Passenger Samantha Lynch died and six other people were injured in a three-car smash on a patch of sand that council workers had put on the road to mop up an oil spill, without warning to road users. The crash was the third at the same spot in two days.