Three people die in car crash in Stoneville
Three people died after the car they were travelling in hit this tree in Stoneville on Saturday morning. (ABC News: Briana Shepherd)
Three people have died after a car hit a tree in the Perth Hills suburb of Stoneville.
Police said the incident occurred on Stoneville Road about 8:50am on Saturday.
“Three adults inside the vehicle received critical injuries and died at the scene,” police said in a statement.
The car left the road and hit a tree just before 9am on Saturday. (ABC News: Briana Shepherd)
The section of Stoneville Road where the crash occurred has a speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour.
Officers from the Major Crash unit are investigating.
Three people dead after single vehicle car crash in Perth Hills
Three people have died after the car they were travelling in crashed into a tree in Perth’s east on Saturday morning.
The vehicle was travelling along Stoneville Road near Timbertop Way and La Grange Road when it left the road at about 8.50am and crashed, fatally injuring all three occupants.
One witness said she saw the vehicle “careen” past her, veering into her lane.
“I think they over corrected and ended up sideways pinned between two trees,” she said.
The incident happened just before 9am on Saturday morning and multiple police, firefighters and ambulance officers attended the scene.
The road was closed as officers from the Major Crash Investigation Section examined the scene but has since opened.
Three dead in horror crash after high-powered car veered off the road and hit a tree: ‘It was mangled’
- Three people die in car crash in Perth
- The vehicle hit a tree at the side of the road
Three people have died after a car crashed off the road and struck a tree, leaving the roof torn open.
The high-powered vehicle crashed off Stoneville Road just before 9am on Saturday in Stoneville, east of Perth.
The three adult occupants in the car died at the scene.
‘I came around the corner and saw the car there wedged between two trees,’ a witness told 9News.
‘It was pretty serious. The roof was semi ripped open. It was pretty mangled and it’s an old car too, so it’s made out of proper steel.
‘It was wedged inside two trees – only 1.5 – maybe 2m wide. A tree was on top of it as well.
‘A bobcat was already here getting ready to pull it off, just trying to open it up for the emergency services as best they could for when they got here.’
Some passersby attempted to help the occupants inside the car.
A high-powered car crashed into a tree just before 9am on Saturday in Stoneville, east of Perth
The three occupants of the vehicle died at the scene
Another witness said the car had ‘careened’ past her.
‘I think they overcorrected and ended up sideways pinned between two trees,’ she said.
Police blocked off the road for hours as first responders dealt with the aftermath.
It is understood the area of Stoneville Road where the tragedy took place has a speed limit of 80 km/h.
Officers from the Major Crash Unit are continuing their investigation.
