Harrowing details have emerged about a station wagon travelling on the wrong side of highway before it crashed head-on into a taxi, claimed four lives.
Emergency services rushed to Leach Highway in Cloverdale near Perth Airport, at about 3.40am on Monday following reports of a head-on collision, causing the Toyota RAV4 to burst into flames.
Both the Toyota RAV4 motorist and the taxi driver, 58, died at the scene.
A mother and daughter in the back seat of the taxi, aged 56 and 81, also lost their lives.
Police have since revealed that the Toyota RAV4 driver made a ‘conscious decision’ to drive on the wrong side of the highway, which is laned and separated by a centre wall.
‘It’s such a tragic event for that family — not just for that family who’ve lost a mother and daughter … there’s four families who have been impacted by this,’ Detective Senior Sergeant Hugh Le Tessier said.
More to come.
Emergency services rushed to Leach Highway, near Perth airport, at about 3.40am on Monday following reports of the head-on collision
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