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Secret Harbour crash: Two men dead, kids injured in horror crash

A devastating crash between a car and a motorbike has left two men dead and two children in hospital.

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A horrendous collision between a car and a motorbike has left two men dead and two children injured in Perth’s southern suburbs.

The collision between a motorcycle and a ute occurred around 5:20pm on the Surf Drive and Warnbro Sound Ave intersection in Secret Harbour on Monday evening, as confirmed by the police.

Officers from the WA Police Major Crash Investigation Unit are seeking information regarding a fatal crash that occurred in Secret Harbour yesterday. Picture: 7 NEWS
Officers from the WA Police Major Crash Investigation Unit are seeking information regarding a fatal crash that occurred in Secret Harbour yesterday. Picture: 7 NEWS

Pictures from the crash scene showed the ute lying on its side, its driver’s side doors significantly damaged, and the motorcycle wreckage scattered in front of it.

Two men have died in the crash. Picture: 7 NEWS
Two men have died in the crash. Picture: 7 NEWS

The 20-year-old motorcycle rider died at the scene, while the driver of the ute, a 32-year-old man, also suffered fatal injuries and passed away at the scene.

The crash also injured two young children, a 12-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy, who were taken to the Perth Children’s Hospital for treatment.

Picture: 7 NEWS
Picture: 7 NEWS

As of now, major crash investigators are urging anyone who witnessed the collision or has any information to come forward and contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Police ask anyone with dashcam or mobile phone footage of the incident to submit it online.

Woman dead, child serious after crash in Victoria

It has been a horror day on Australian roads after another fatal crash in Victoria.

A woman has died and a child flown to hospital with serious injuries after a car accident in regional Victoria on Monday night.

Victoria Police said the driver of the car, which crashed into trees in Flynn, about 180km east of Melbourne, was under police guard in hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

It’s understood the car was travelling along Rosedale Flynns Creek Rd when the crash occurred at about 7.50pm.

A woman has died and a child has serious injuries after a crash in regional Victoria on Monday night. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard
A woman has died and a child has serious injuries after a crash in regional Victoria on Monday night. Picture: NCA NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Police said the woman died at the scene before the child was flown to hospital.

The area was cordoned off overnight as detectives from the major collision investigation unit investigated.

An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics were called to the scene at about 7.50pm, with a primary school aged boy flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a “stable condition” and a man in his 30s taken to Latrobe Regional Hospital, also in a stable condition.

Anyone who witnessed the crash, or has dashcam footage, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

According to police the crash has taken the number of lives lost on Victorian roads this year to 115, up from 86 the same time last year.

Originally published as Secret Harbour crash: Two men dead, kids injured in horror crash

Original URL: https://www.themercury.com.au/motoring/on-the-road/secret-harbour-crash-two-men-dead-kids-injured-in-horror-crash/news-story/309ddd8b28fb5b0520ae9dde6da50281