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WA news LIVE: Runner who died during HBF Run for a Reason event identified as loving father
Community services minister Simone McGurk has been asked about the number of fatalities on WA’s roads over the weekend, which was also during the National Road Safety Week.
“I’m sure I wasn’t the only one so disappointed and saddened to hear of the fatalities, particularly of young people on our roads,” McGurk said.
“The government is spending a lot through a road trauma account and massive investment in making sure we are keeping our physical infrastructure up to scratch.
The runner who died during the HBF Run for a Reason event in the Perth CBD yesterday has been identified as Luke Prehn.
Alleged hit-and-run driver gave himself up after freeway death, police say
The man died at the scene of the alleged-hit-and-run on the Mitchell Freeway in Padbury. (ABC News: Pip Waller)
A 22-year-old man has died after being struck by a car in an alleged hit-and-run on the Mitchell Freeway in Perth's northern suburbs.
Police received reports of a man being hit by a car in the freeway's northbound lanes between Hepburn Avenue and Whitfords Avenue around 7:20pm last night.
The incident forced the closure of Mitchell Freeway northbound between Hepburn Avenue and Whitfords Avenue. (ABC News: Pip Waller)
Police allege a 30-year-old man from Iluka in Perth's north was driving the vehicle that struck the man, and that he left the scene after the crash.
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Perth traffic: Police incident shuts Mitchell Freeway northbound
Motorists are being urged to avoid part of Mitchell Freeway after a police incident forced the closure of northbound lanes in Perth’s northern suburbs.
Mitchell Freeway is closed between Hepburn and Whitfords avenues in Padbury, with major crash officers at the scene.
It is understood the incident involves an alleged hit-an-run of a pedestrian.
Traffic is heavy on approach and drivers are being warned to take extra care when exiting via the Hepburn Avenue off-ramp.
Motorists are being urged to consider using the Warwick Road exit as an alternative route while the incident is cleared.
Elsewhere, a crash on Mitchell Freeway northbound at Warwick Road in Duncraig blocked the left emergency lane, with traffic heavy on approach and drivers urged to proceed with caution.
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