Second fatal crash in WA’s South West adds to weekend road toll

Two teenagers have died after a car they were travelling in crashed in Western Australia’s South West on Saturday night, taking the state’s weekend road toll to four.

Police said the car was travelling along Brownes Road, in Coolup — about 100 kilometres south of Perth — at about 8:00pm when it left the road and rolled several times.

The 17-year-old female driver and a 17-year-old male passenger both died at the scene.

Two other passengers were seriously injured.

The state’s two rescue helicopters were sent to the crash scene, with one transporting a 17-year-old boy to Royal Perth Hospital and the other a 10-year-old boy to Perth Children’s Hospital

The 17-year-old boy was in a serious but stable condition on Sunday morning, while…