Overview
- Police say a man allegedly stabbed his partner in Exeter on Friday afternoon before fleeing in a blue Skoda that crashed head-on on the West Tamar Highway; the driver died at the scene and a 39-year-old woman hit in the collision later died in hospital.
- The woman who was stabbed remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition and two children were at the house during the attack, police say.
- On Friday night a Toyota Landcruiser allegedly involved in an earlier police evasion struck a Toyota Hilux on Tonkin Highway, leaving passenger Anmary Joy critically injured and later dead, while the Hilux driver was seriously hurt.
- Western Australia Police say the Landcruiser driver was served a 24-hour driving prohibition after failing a roadside drug test earlier that day and has since been charged with manslaughter and multiple driving offences while appearing by phone from hospital under police guard.
- Investigators in both states have appealed for dashcam, CCTV and witness footage to assist coronial and criminal inquiries, a request that comes as WA’s year-to-date road toll rose to 127 after a six-death weekend and has prompted fresh scrutiny of road safety enforcement.