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Head-On Motorcycle Crash in Wembley Kills Two Riders

Police tie the tragedy to a surge in early-year road deaths, pledging prosecutions for reckless driving captured on video.

Overview

  • WA Police said the motorcycles were traveling in opposite directions when they collided on Grantham Street near Pangbourne Street about 10.50pm Thursday.
  • Both riders were male, with one dying at the scene and the other dying shortly after in hospital.
  • The WA Road Safety Commission counts five road fatalities in Western Australia within the first ten days of the year.
  • Other recent deaths include a 56-year-old motorcyclist in a KawasakiKia Carnival collision at Indian Ocean Drive and Yanchep Beach Road, a 29-year-old woman in a rollover at Leschenault, and a 39-year-old driver in a St Ronans crash.
  • Three men were charged over a July burnout incident filmed in Jane Brook, with a 20-year-old Ballajura man due in Midland Magistrates Court on Friday on reckless driving in a confiscation zone and criminal damage, as police warn reckless drivers will be identified and prosecuted.