Four killed in Canberra crash as Easter break gets off to deadly start

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One person in hospital after two cars collided on Barton Highway, with severe weather warnings across eastern Australia

Four people have died and a major highway out of Canberra has been closed in a fatal start to the Easter long weekend on the roads.

About 6.45am, two cars collided in heavy rain on the Barton Highway, halfway between the ACT and the New South Wales town of Murrumbateman.

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