00:00Four people dead in a horror six-hour window.
00:06Two cars smashed straight into each other on Forest Highway in Lake Clifton on Monday
00:10night.
00:11Today is a very sad day to what's been a bad year on our roads.
00:15Police confirmed one car had somehow ended up on the wrong side of the road, despite
00:19a large median strip separating the two sides.
00:23It seems difficult, but behind every crash there's a story, and I don't want to pre-empt
00:26the investigation.
00:27Both drivers, a 41-year-old woman and a 45-year-old woman, died at the scene from their injuries.
00:34Around the same time, a pedestrian was hit by a car on Main Street in the Perth suburb
00:39of Osborne Park.
00:41The sedan was coming from up here and travelling in this direction when it hit a 33-year-old
00:45man right here on the road.
00:47Local residents heard a bang and saw police cars and ambulances converging on this site.
00:53Unfortunately, the pedestrian suffered critical injuries and died at the scene.
00:58We believe he was laying on the road at the time, however that is also subject to investigation.
01:04And a 26-year-old woman died when the car she was driving rolled over south of the tourist
01:09town of Kalbarri.
01:11186 people killed on the road so far this year, the second highest in the last decade
01:17after the 196 in 2016.
01:20People continue to die of things that are purely preventable.
01:25Don't speed, don't drink and drive, wear your seatbelt and fatigue.
01:32Distraction is also a significant issue that we continue to combat.
01:36What can I do differently?
01:37What can we do differently?
01:39That's the fundamental question we all have to ask.
01:41Look in the mirror, ask that question of yourself, turn to your family, your loved ones and ask
01:45that question of them.
01:46We aim to halve the number of people killed or seriously injured on the roads by 2030.
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