Horror two days on Aussie roads killing 10 people in WA, Qld, Vic
Two teenagers killed in a devastating two-car crash were among 10 people who lost their lives on Australian roads over the past two days.
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It's been a horror two days of road deaths across the nation, with one crash killing two West Australian teenagers.
The young men, aged 17 and 15, were passengers in a Mitsubishi sedan that struck a kerb and crashed into a tree at about 10pm on Thursday night along Lake Road at Seville Grove in Perth.
The 18-year-old driver was taken to Royal Perth Hospital with minor injuries and three other male passengers, two aged 18 and one aged 19, were taken to different hospitals to be treated as a precaution.
The 17-year-old died at the scene while the 15-year-old succumbed to his injuries in Armadale Hospital.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or go online.
It’s not the only tragic crash that’s killed multiple people in the one accident over the past two days.
A smash in Melbourne’s outer west killed four people and left two others fighting for life in hospital on Thursday night.
The two-vehicle accident happened at about 7.30pm in Truganina where a sedan collided head-on with a small truck along Dohertys Road.
Despite the efforts of emergency services, two people died at the scene and two people died in hospital.
The other two occupants of the sedan suffered life-threatening injuries while the truck driver, who was the only person inside, was taken to hospital as a precaution.
In Brisbane’s southwest, four people were killed in a head-on crash at Redbank where both vehicles burst into flames.
Tradie and father Calvin Clack, 34, was identified as the driver and sole occupant of a Ford Focus that collided with a car that had two adults, a 37-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man, and a two-year-old girl on board.
All four instantly died at the scene along the Ipswich Motorway.
Queensland Police believe the vehicle was travelling in the wrong direction along the highway when it crashed at about 11.15pm on Wednesday night.
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