A seven-month-old baby has been killed after a passenger car crashed into a tree in Perth’s south-east suburbs early Saturday morning.
The car was traveling along Nicholson Road in Lynwood at around 3.40am when the accident happened, also injuring a three-year-old child who was taken to Perth Children’s Hospital with serious injuries.
Their mother, a 32-year-old woman, and a seven-month-old baby were both rushed to Fiona Stanley Hospital with serious injuries. The child died in hospital.
The 35-year-old driver suffered minor injuries in the accident.
CCTV footage of the incident shows the car colliding with a bus stop before coming to a stop after hitting a tree.
Witness Chadni Sard told 9 Perth News she had heard a loud noise, and her husband had hurried out to see what had happened.
“She (the mother) was crying ‘my child is not breathing, my child is not breathing, please help us’,” he said.
Other witnesses tried to help the family, and were giving the child CPR in an effort to save them.
Police are now investigating the incident, including whether the children were secured in booster seats, which is not a legal requirement for taxis or rideshares in WA.
The main crash investigators are asking anyone who saw the crash, or who saw the silver Toyota Kluger traveling in the area before the crash, to contact Crime Stoppers.
Anyone with dash-cam or cell phone vision related to this accident, can load the vision directly to the investigators.
Holly Thompson is a journalist for WAtoday, specializing in education and the environment.Connect through X or email address.
