3 Dead in WA Road Crashes, Safety Reminder for Long Weekend

0:00It's April 3rd. Welcome to Sydney News Today, powered by AI, I'm Corey with the story. Tragic starred to the Easter Long Weekend in Western Australia with three people dead and separate road crashes. A 14-year-old boy on a dirt bike slammed into a utility truck on Albany Highway near Befferdale, southeast of Perth, around 425. Thursday afternoon and died right there. The driver walked away, fine. Then, a 30-year-old man lost control of his motorbike on Kingsbury Drive in Gerardale, also southeast of Perth, and paramedics couldn't save him. Up north in Derby, over 2,000 kilometers away, a four-wheeled drive rolled on mud flats near Rowan Street, killing a woman who was critically hurt. The 19-year-old driver and two 17-year-old boys inside made it out okay. These losses hit hard as families head out for holidays, spotlighting how quick things go wrong on the roads. Police and safety officials are stressing the basics, with the road safety minister warning about seatbelts, phones, speed, fatigue, drugs, and booze.

1:03As top killers, you can avoid. Cops are ramping up patrols stay wide during this double-demarir point stretch, promising to be everywhere and pull over anyone messing up. The Derby driver is helping with the investigation, and they're asking for dashcam footage from witnesses on all three spots. With the long weekend just kicking off, stay sharp out there, slow down, and buckle up to keep these numbers from climbing.