TWO people were killed in separate North-West crashes yesterday, giving Tasmania its first Easter road deaths in three years.
Police blamed the "trifecta" of not wearing a seatbelt, speed and drink-driving for the death of a 25-year-old Sheffield man.
The man died after he was thrown from the car he was driving when it rolled near Sheffield about 1am. His 17-year-old passenger was injured.
Less than 12 hours later, a crash near Stowport, south of Burnie, claimed the life of a 49-year-old Natone woman.
Police believe the woman died after her motorcycle and another vehicle collided on a Natone Rd corner about 12.20pm.
Last night the Westpac rescue helicopter was called to airlift a 16-year-old boy who sustained serious injuries in a motorcycle accident at Sundown Point, just south of the Arthur River on the West Coast.
ANTHONY HANEVEER reports, Page 3.