A tragic incident unfolded during the morning rush hour in Warnbro when a high school student was fatally struck by two vehicles shortly after disembarking from a bus.
According to eyewitness accounts, the teenage boy had just stepped off the bus on Warnbro Sound Avenue a little after 8 a.m. and began crossing the road. It was then that he was first clipped by one car and subsequently hit by another, leading to his untimely death at the scene.
“It was quite sad and happened very quickly,” a witness recounted to 9News. “I had to brake and tried to help, but there were already people on the scene who knew CPR and first aid.”
In the aftermath of this heartbreaking event, major crash investigators were on-site for several hours, painstakingly attempting to reconstruct the sequence of events to understand precisely what led to this unfortunate accident.
“I had to brake and then tried to help but there was already people who knew CPR and first aid.”
Major crash investigators spent hours trying to piece together exactly what happened.
Warnbro Community High School emailed parents news of the incident and their efforts to help those affected by the tragedy.
“Our focus is on supporting students and staff who may be impacted … while respecting the privacy of those involved,” principal Debra Bright wrote.
The stretch of Warnbro Sound Avenue is busy and locals say it’s too fast, calling for the 70km/h speed limit to be reduced.
“It makes me feel worried because I’ve got a two-year-old son, we’re right next to a busy road and I’ve always been worried about the road,” resident Rhiannon Harp told 9News.
“We’ve got two high schools just across the road from where the bus was and there is a primary school over there as well.”
The sentiment is shared by fellow resident Dilly Koloi.
“It’s even hard to get out of my own intersection, there’s quite heavy traffic here,” he said.
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