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Missing passenger in fatal WA crash found
AAP
A man who walked barefoot into the Nullarbor in Western Australia after a car crash left one dead and injured another has been found severely dehydrated.
The man was seen wandering into the bush on Friday morning after a crash on the Eyre Highway, about 40km east of Balladonia Road House.
Authorities found the man about 11am on Saturday after resuming a second day of land and aerial searches, and he has been taken hospital for treatment.
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The death has been the nation's first fatality of the period.
NATIONAL TOTAL: 1
(EDS: The national road toll period runs from 0001 December 23, 2016 until 2359 January 3, 2017, local times)
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