Eleven dead in WA long weekend 'mayhem'
The deaths of 11 people in six separate crashes on West Australian roads during the Labour Day long weekend have been described by the road safety commissioner as a shocking 72 hours of mayhem.
A man was killed when his car ploughed into a tree in Mindarabin, in the state's Great Southern region, on Monday morning.
On Sunday night, a 24-year-old man was overtaking another car in Two Rocks, in Perth's north, when he crashed head-on into a third vehicle, killing himself and his 30-year-old male passenger.
His three other passengers, aged between 23 and 25, were also injured.
The 47-year-old female driver of the other car was also killed while her 17-year-old male passenger was injured.
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