A 10-year-old boy has suffered life-threatening injuries after the car he was a passenger in crashed in Baldivis shortly after police allegedly tried to stop the vehicle.
Officers attempted to perform a routine traffic stop on a Ford Falcon on Duckpond Road around 6pm on Sunday, December 29.
The driver allegedly failed to stop and sped off in a southernly direction, before turning right onto Mundijong Road and colliding head-on with a Mitsubishi ute.
The driver of the Mitsubishi, a 60-year-old man, was conveyed to Rockingham Hospital for medical treatment.
The driver of the Falcon, a 29-year-old man, and his 32-year-old female passenger were taken to Royal Perth Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.
"A 10-year-old male passenger in the Ford Falcon was airlifted to Perth Children’s Hospital with critical injuries. An 8-year-old male passenger of the Ford Falcon was uninjured," a WA Police spokesperson said.
A 29-year-old Redcliffe man, who was the alleged driver of the Falcon, has been charged with a string of offences including reckless driving, dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm, no authority to drive and using an unlicensed vehicle on a road.
He is due to appear in the Rockingham Magistrates Court today.
Major Crash investigators are appealing for any witnesses to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or report the information online at www.crimestopperswa.com.au.
Dash-cam or mobile phone vision relating to this crash can be uploaded directly to investigators
via this link: https://wapf.au.evidence.com/axon/communityrequest/public/seriouscrashmundijongroadbaldivis
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