Four people have been taken to hospital after a car left the road and crashed in Perth’s south in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Police say a grey Mercedes-Benz sedan was travelling north on Cockburn Road near the intersection of Bull Road in North Coogee about 3.50am on Saturday when it rolled and hit a tree next to the road.
The accident left the 24-year-old male driver with serious injuries and two female passengers, aged 18 and 19, with critical injuries, a police spokeswoman said.
They were all taken to Royal Perth Hospital by ambulance for treatment.
A third passenger, a 21-year-old man, only suffered minor injuries and was treated in Fiona Stanley Hospital.
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Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the crash, or saw the vehicle travelling in the area prior to the incident, to contact Crime Stoppers.
Road Safety Minister Reece Whitby described the incident as “terrible”.
“This is an absolute tragedy, it’s a terrible situation, there are three young people who I understand have been seriously injured,” he said.
“We’re in the middle of a double demerit period long weekend and the message has to go out again that drivers need to be responsible and do everything they can to be safe behind the wheel.”
The crash comes just days after police issued an urgent plea for drivers to drive safely over the school holidays and long weekend.
On Thursday, a 12-year-old girl died in the Great Southern region after two cars collided.
Mr Whitby said the public needed to work with authorities to reduce the road toll.
“We’re looking at what more we can do in the future and there’s going to be some announcements shortly about that,” he said.
“It needs to be personal responsibility, we’ve got safety cameras which show the behaviour of drivers behind the wheel so we’re going to increase enforcement, we’re going to increase our presence on the road, but we need the community to also get involved in this issue.
“Police and Government can’t be solely responsible for road safety.”
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