Major crash detectives investigate Horrocks double fatal crash after 4WD plunges over steep cliff

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Police have described a crash which killed two men in a remote part of Western Australia as a tragic accident. Three men were in the vehicle when it went over a cliff north of Geraldton, with one survivor who is believed to have sat at the rear of the vehicle and has been hospitalised with seat belt injuries.

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00:00 This is where the vehicle came to rest, halfway down a cliff, in the early hours of Sunday

00:07 morning. Those who were in the four-wheel drive were camping nearby with friends between

00:13 Horrocks Beach and Port Gregory when they decided to go for a drive.

00:17 Where the tragic accident happened, it was probably one of the steepest parts that they

00:24 went over. But normally it's just flat ground, sheep country, and I would say at that time

00:31 of night, they really didn't have any idea that they were approaching the cliff edge.

00:36 Unfortunately, the vehicle has driven off the cliff. It appears to have rolled and landed

00:43 on its roof on the steep and treacherous incline.

00:49 Two men in their early twenties died at the scene. A third man, who survived, climbed

00:54 back up from the wreckage and was found by his friends and taken to hospital for treatment.

00:59 There's every indication that this is just a tragic accident and these boys have been

01:05 driving in the car and accidentally gone over the cliff.

01:10 Police say the survivor was in the rear of the vehicle and had seatbelt injuries, suggesting

01:14 the restraint may have saved his life. A local towing company is working with police on plans

01:20 to remove the vehicle from the cliff.

01:23 It's devastating. I just feel so sorry for the parents. I just, I'm in grief. Yeah, it's

01:28 sad, very sad.

01:30 Major crash investigators are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.

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