Mandurah e-scooter crash: Boy, 11, dies after e-scooter collides with car in fifth Easter weekend fatality

An 11-year-old boy has become the fifth person to die on WA roads over the Easter long weekend after his e-scooter collided with a car. The youth was struck by a blue Mazda station sedan on Mandurah Terrace near Stewart Street in Mandurah, at 5.10pm on Monday. He was rushed by St John WA to Peel Health Campus with critical injuries but later died. The Mazda driver, a 46-year-old man, stopped at the scene and is helping police with their inquiries. Major crash investigators have asked witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers, with anyone with footage from a dash cam or phone able to upload it straight to this police platform. The boy was the fifth person to die over the Easter period, with a 34-year-old man dying on Monday after his car slammed into a tree in Como. The death comes amid a crackdown on e-rideables in WA and the Cook Government’s call for the Commonwealth to stop high-powered devices coming entering the State. The Cook Government accepted 32 out of 33 recommendations of the Ride Safe report that was released by the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee in November, including a review of penalties and compulsory dismount zones in entertainment areas. “Western Australia will establish and lead a national e-mobility framework to develop national device standards and classification of electric mobility devices in partnership with other Australian jurisdictions,” assistant minister for transport Jessica Stojkovski said last month. “WA is now calling on the Commonwealth to support our reforms by closing the national gaps which continue to allow overpowered, unsafe and modifiable devices into the country.” The Government had noted, but would not support, recommendation 24 that suggested the registered owner of a device should be held responsible and penalised — if a child under 16 is caught. More work was required, the Government said, to guard against unintended consequences.