‘I want this to be a wake-up call': Five dead in horror 24 hours on WA roads
On Friday morning, a 51-year-old man died after being struck by a vehicle in Mundaring, shortly after a 40-year-old driver was killed when their sedan vehicle and a Mack truck towing three trailers collided in Mariginiup.
A third incident involved a car which collided with a tree and caught alight in Serpentine, followed by the death of a 64-year-old woman who was the passenger in a Hyundai Kona that also struck a tree in Alfred Cove.
The fifth crash occurred in Australind when a 70-year-old man was on the back of a motorcycle when he collided with a tow truck on the Forrest Highway on Thursday afternoon. The motorcycle rider died at the scene as a result of his injuries.
'That's five families grieving, five groups of friends, loved ones, work colleagues, all dealing with loss, all preventable deaths,' Adrian Warner said.
'It's a reminder to everybody at the start of school holidays that we just need to take more care.'
Warner said it was 'incredibly frustrating' to see the road toll climbing and said he hoped that the shock of five road deaths in 24 hours 'might get a few people changing their behaviour'.
'If you look over the last few years, 15 fatalities on average in July. We've had five in one day,' he said.
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