Three brothers and family friend died at the scene in Clackline in the state’s wheatbelt
Western Australia police say the deaths of three brothers and a family friend in a car crash in Clackline ‘is a heartbreaking incident’.Western Australia police say the deaths of three brothers and a family friend in a car crash in Clackline ‘is a heartbreaking incident’.Three brothers, one of them only nine years old, and a family friend have been killed in a car crash in the Western Australian wheatbelt region.
The brothers, aged 21, 19 and nine, died at the scene in Clackline in the early hours of Friday morning, along with a 45-year-old man, who was visiting from NSW. Police Supt Gene Pears said the accident site about an hour north-west of Perth was a confronting scene for first responders.The 21-year-old was driving and the family friend was travelling in the passenger seat when the silver Nissan Navara left the road and hit a tree about 12.30am.“When you lose three young men in the prime of their life and their friend, this will have lifelong impacts for that family, for their friends and for our community,” Pears said.
Anyone with information or dashcam footage of the ute before the crash is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
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