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There has been another horror crash on West Australian roads, with a 44-year-old man killed on Wednesday night when the Mercedes sedan he was driving hit a tree on Three Springs-Morawa Road in the Mid West.
The crash happened about 20 kilometres north of Three Springs in Dudawa, about 6.55pm on Wednesday.
A 20-year-old man who was a passenger in the car was taken to Geraldton Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.
Police are urging drivers to take care on the road as the school holiday period draws to a close.
According to the Road Safety Commission, there have been 144 deaths on WA roads so far this year, with 2025 set to eclipse the previous highest toll in 2016, when there were 145 deaths across the whole year.
A 22-year-old man has died in hospital following a crash in Perth’s coastal north on Wednesday night.
The man was riding a grey BMW motorbike along West Coast Highway about 6.30pm when it was involved in a collision with a silver Renault near the Elliott Road intersection.
A BMW motorbike rider has died and a car burst into flames after a crash in Perth’s north on Wednesday night. Credit: 9News Perth
The station sedan’s driver attempted to help the rider, who was taken to Royal Perth Hospital but later died from his injuries.
Passersby saw the fiery aftermath of the crash as the Renault went up in flames, with the Department of Fire and Emergency Services called out to help extinguish the blaze.
The crash was one of two fatal incidents on WA roads overnight, with a 25-year-old motorbike rider killed following another crash on the Kwinana Freeway near Aubin Grove.
Here’s what’s making news across the country and around the world:
Housing Minister Clare O’Neil in question time this week.Credit: Dominic Lorrimer
Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, October 9.
Making headlines today, after 13 hospital visits across three states, a mother who presented as a loving, worried parent now faces more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to the medical abuse of her two-year-old son.
Sarah Jayne Kelly, 30, told doctors at multiple hospitals in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia that her fourth child suffered from epilepsy and cerebral palsy over nearly a two-year period from 2021 to 2023.
Sarah Jayne Kelly, 30, was sentenced after lying about her children’s medical conditions.
Last night, as she was being sentenced in Perth’s District Court, Judge Laurence Levy told the court Kelly took the child to the emergency claiming he was vomiting, had a head injury and was suffering seizures – but medical professionals could not find any evidence of the issues.
In other court news, a Perth doctor narrowly escaped jail for a second time on Wednesday after he was released on a good behaviour bond despite being handed a six-month prison term.
Meanwhile, Perth has recorded its first steady quarter in over a year for rental prices, with the median weekly cost for houses remaining stagnant at the record peak of $700 per week.
And WA researchers have received a $200,000 government grant to create an “underwater Wi-Fi” system aimed at giving the nation’s defence personnel the “upper hand”.
Stay with us as we bring you the local news of the day, as it happens across WA.
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