A group of holiday villas with a short drive way leading up to them.

The scene of the fatal scooter crash in Mandurah.  (ABC News: Pip Waller)

In short:

Police say an 11-year-old boy has died after the scooter he was riding collided with a car in Mandurah.

The crash happened on Mandurah Terrace near Stewart Street shortly after 5pm on Easter Monday, and a 46-year-old man who was driving the car is assisting police with their inquiries.

The boy is the fifth person to die on WA roads over the Easter period.


An 11-year-old boy has died after the scooter he was riding was involved in a crash with a car in Mandurah, south of Perth.

Emergency services were called to the crash scene on Mandurah Terrace, near Stewart Street, about 5:10pm yesterday, where police say the boy’s scooter, which was not electric, had collided with a Mazda sedan.

He sustained critical injuries and was rushed to Peel Health Campus, but later died.

Ambulance outside Peel Health Campus emergency entrance.

The boy was taken to Peel Health Campus where he later died. (ABC News: Courtney Withers)

A 46-year-old man who was driving the car stopped at the scene, and police said he was assisting with their inquiries.

Police originally said the boy had been riding an e-scooter, but later clarified it was a push scooter.

The Major Crash unit is investigating and has asked anyone with dash cam or mobile phone footage relating to the crash to contact Crime Stoppers.

Driver distraught

Mandurah local Tyler Hutchins was leaving work and driving down Mandurah Terrace when he saw the boy riding down a small hill on the scooter.

“He was riding from the units, onto the road and there was a hidden wall that [would have meant] he wouldn’t have been able to see any cars coming,” Mr Hutchins said.

“He ramped straight into the Mazda and the driver didn’t have time to break.”

A close up shot of police tape with cars parked on a street and trees blurred in the background

Police are investigating the crash between the boy’s scooter and car. (ABC News: Cason Ho – file photo)

Mr Hutchins said the 46-year-old driver of the sedan was an “absolute mess” following the crash.

Despite the boy receiving CPR, he could not be saved.

“As I returned home I hugged my son extra tight as you never know when you could lose someone close to you,”

Mr Hutchins said.

The boy’s death was the fifth on Western Australian roads over the Easter period, with four others killed in separate crashes since Thursday.

A 35-year-old man died after the car in which he was a passenger struck a tree on Hayman Road in Como, in Perth’s southern suburbs early Monday morning.

Three people were killed on Thursday, including a 14-year-old boy struck by a car while riding his off-road motorcycle in Bedfordale, about 40 kilometres south-east of Perth.

Editor’s note: This story initially said the boy was riding an e-