Mandurah scooter crash: Boy, 11, dies after scooter collides with car in fifth Easter weekend fatality

An 11-year-old boy has become the fifth person to die on WA roads over the Easter long weekend after his scooter collided with a car. The youth was struck by a blue Mazda station sedan on Mandurah Terrace near Stewart Street in Mandurah, at 5.10pm on Monday. It’s understood he had been visiting with people who were holidaying at Lakeside Villas when he rode his scooter down a steep driveway and out on to Mandurah Terrace. He was rushed by St John WA to Peel Health Campus with critical injuries but later died. Witnesses this morning recounted how quickly the tragedy had unfolded and said the driver of the car likely had no time to react. “I had just finished a nursing shift and went to pick up my son when I drove by and saw a lot of people around not sure what to do,” Nicole Jones, who was on her way home from work when she happened across the accident, said this morning. “I told them to get him off the road, get him off his back. His injuries were quite severe. It’s not the first scooter injury I’ve seen and I’m sure it won’t be the last. “He (the driver) was in a lot of shock and very upset. It didn’t seem like, from what I’d heard, that he could have avoided it.” Ms Jones shared her sympathies towards the boy’s parents and pleaded with scooter riders to always wear a helmet. “Just thoughts and prayers for mum and dad. I’m sorry I couldn’t have done more,” she said. “Road safety. Honestly just look both ways and wear helmets. It’s definitely not the first scooter accident. It’s everywhere.” The Mazda driver, a 46-year-old man, stopped at the scene and is helping police with their inquiries. Major crash investigators have asked witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers, with anyone with footage from a dash cam or phone able to upload it straight to this police platform. The boy was the fifth person to die over the Easter period, with a 35-year-old man dying on Monday after his car slammed into a tree in Como. Editor’s note: A previous version of this story referred to the scooter as an e-scooter. A WA Police spokesperson has since clarified the scooter involved was a push scooter and not an e-scooter.