Three people have died in a horror crash after a car crashed into a tree.
Emergency services were called to Stoneville Rd in the Perth Hills — about 30km from Perth’s CBD — around 8.50am on Saturday after a motorist left the road and crashed into a tree.
Three adults who were travelling in the vehicle were tragically killed after suffering critical injuries in the crash.
Following the crash, police closed the stretch of the road to all other traffic while investigations are carried out.
The tragedy is now being investigated by major crash scene investigators from Western Australia’s police force.
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.
