Disaster and Emergency

Record rainfallCar engulfed by flood water in Great Southern

Emergency services have responded to more than 30 calls for help after WA’s Great Southern was battered by heavy rain and flooding overnight.

Rourke Walsh

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‘The biggest empty feeling’
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A shattered lover’s plea to WA drivers

Jack Bryant and Maddie Morgan were young, in love and starting a family. In an instant, she was dead in a horror car crash. Two months later, Jack is breaking his silence so her death is not in vein.

Phil Hickey

Brush with death debriefHero rescuers ‘want to have beers’ with shark victim

Surfers Alex Oliver, Jess Woolhouse and Liam Ryan, who saw the Bunker Bay shark attack on Dunsborough man Phil Mummert, debriefed with beers and hugs at the pub after the terrifying incident.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Shark attackShark spotted at same break where surfer was attacked

The victim of yesterday’s shark attack in Bunker Bay is recovering in hospital with his girlfriend, who said it was an unimaginable and gruelling night.

Caitlyn Rintoul

In hospitalCar crashes into fence after Mindarie police pursuit

Two people are in hospital after a car fleeing a random breath test slammed into a fence outside a house in Perth's northern suburbs early Saturday morning.

Ben Anderson

SEE THE SHOCKING IMAGEShark attack victim’s sickening leg wound

A shocking image of shark attack victim Phil Mummert’s leg wound has been revealed as the young surfer’s girlfriend paid tribute to those who helped in the wake of the attack. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE

‘He should buy a Lotto ticket’Surfer’s miracle survival as he fights off great white

The mother of a young man attacked by a great white shark in Bunker Bay has urged her son to buy a lotto ticket after he survived a ferocious attack of the 5m predator.

Phil Hickey, Jackson Lavell-Lee & Rourke Walsh

Disaster and EmergencyMan attacked by shark in WA's south

A man in his 20s has been bitten by a shark in Western Australia's Bunker Bay area and flown to hospital but his injuries are not described as serious.

Emergency rescueFireys battle to free person trapped in burning car

A RAC Rescue helicopter has been sent to a two-car crash in Perth’s south where a person is trapped inside a burning car.

Sarah Steger

Tragic accidentMan in wheelchair injured and dog killed in crash

A man in a wheelchair has been hit by a car in Yokine, injuring the 54-year-old and killing his pet dog.

Daryna Zadvirna & Syan Dougherty

Tragedy avertedFloating mobile phone averts boat tragedy off Carnarvon

Four people have had a miraculous escape after the vessel they were in was smashed by a massive wave in the State’s Gascoyne region this morning, hurling them into the ocean in the process.

Phil Hickey

EmergencyRescue chopper sent to injured Yallingup surfer

The RAC rescue helicopter has been dispatched to the South-West to treat an injured surfer.

Fatal injuriesTeen killed, man injured in off-road crash

An 18-year-old man has lost his life and a man has been injured after the vehicle they were passengers in rolled in bushland near Fitzroy Crossing.

Sarah Steger

Serious injuriesRider injured in Forrestdale collision

A motorbike rider was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital with serious leg injuries after a collision with a vehicle in Forrestdale on Friday night.

Sarah Brookes

‘Nowhere to go’Rubbish truck crash leaves young man fighting for life

A young man is fighting for his life after a dramatic collision with a rubbish truck at a known blackspot, causing chaos for motorists trying to get to the nearby hospital.

Chloe Fraser

Critical conditionRubbish truck crash leaves young man fighting for life

A young man is in a critical condition after a serious crash with a rubbish truck left him trapped inside his car.

Sarah Steger

Safety callsRoad safety questioned after ‘dear little man’ killed

Parents and friends have been left asking why more isn’t being done to improve road safety near a primary school where an eight-year-old boy was killed riding a bicycle to school yesterday.

Daryna Zadvirna and Aaron Kirby

Hearing starts‘Pointless’: BHP slams $9b UK suit over dam failure

The Big Australian called for the record group action to be struck out or suspended, alleging it duplicated Brazilian proceedings and victims were already receiving redress.

Kirstin Ridley and Zandi Shabalala

Disaster and EmergencyFear over 'massive' cracks at WA gas plant

A union has raised safety concerns after an issue with pressurised propane kettles at the massive Gorgon gas project off Western Australia's northwest coast.

Michael Ramsey

Driver questionedSchoolboy hit and killed metres from hospital

An eight-year-old boy hit and killed by a truck riding his bicycle to school was only a few hundred metres from a hospital. The truck driver has been questioned by police and is receiving counselling.

Caitlyn Rintoul

‘he kept it all inside’Brother of supermodel ‘haunted’ by death of work mate

Megan Gale’s brother was plagued with grief over the loss of a mate he watched die in a workplace accident. The death was one of several highlighted in an industrial manslaughter reform push.

Rourke Walsh & Daryna Zadvirna