Shannon Hampton

Hopes for a tragedy-free Christmas on our roads are gone after a driver was killed in a crash in the Wheatbelt and a man was left with critical injuries after his car careered off a bridge in the South West.

Four people were killed in one day on WA roads on Monday — including two women in one crash — marking a tragic end to an a devastating year for fatalities.

Authorities have paused the search for a missing Rio Tinto crew member nine days after his disappearance at sea.

The Cook Government has been accused of putting profit before the health of WA children by moving too slowly to ban ‘predatory’ junk food advertising on public transport and other public-owned assets.

An ‘extremely irresponsible and selfish’ driver has allegedly been clocked at almost 220km/h as police launch a summer speeding crackdown — already issuing more than 1600 fines.

A Danish tourist who was seriously injured in a seaplane crash off Rottnest Island that killed three others has been discharged from hospital to grieve the tragic loss of her partner.

An Australian man living in California has been killed as a wildfire tore through his Malibu home, his mother telling how she tried desperately to get help but was told the fire hydrants had run dry.

A young boy is fighting for life in hospital after a parking meter fell on him at a museum in Bunbury.

The five-year-old is fighting for life in hospital after a parking meter fell on him at a museum in the State’s South West.

The images of what was left of the charred wreckage and car parts strewn across Leach Highway on Monday morning immediately evoked a strong sense of horror.