Road fatality: Major crash officers investigate possible head-on collision near Collie in the South West

Police are investigating after a 50-year-old man has died in a vehicle crash in the State’s South West on Tuesday. The crash, believed to be a head-on collision, comes just one week after another fatal incident in the region in which a 65-year-old man died in a single-vehicle crash near Donnybrook on October 11. The most recent crash occurred in Mumballup, near Collie, just after 9am on Tuesday. A police spokesperson said the Mazda ute was being driven north along Collie-Preston Road, near Donnybrook-Boyup Brook Road, while the Holden Commodore ute was being driven south along the same road. “The 50-year-old male driver of the Holden Commodore died at the scene,” the police spokesperson said. “The 79-year-old male driver of the Mazda was taken by St John WA to Collie Hospital with minor injuries.” The signposted speed limit along the section of Collie-Preston Road near the near Donnybrook-Boyup Brook Road intersection is 100km/h. Major crash investigators are seeking information on the crash and ask any witnesses, or those with dash cam or mobile phone footage, to come forward to police. “Anyone with information regarding this crash, or who saw the Holden Commodore utility or Mazda utility being driven in the time leading up to the crash, is asked to call Crime Stoppers,” the spokesperson said. Crime Stoppers can be contacted on 1800 333 000 or report the information online at www.crimestopperswa.com.au.