Girl, 2, hit and killed by 4WD
A two-year-old girl died yesterday after she ran behind a vehicle at a remote community and was hit.
A police spokeswoman said an event was held on the Warburton Community oval around 6.30pm and the driver of a Toyota Landcruiser was transporting people from the event back to town.
"As the driver was reversing on the oval a two-year-old girl, playing with other children, has run behind the vehicle and been hit," the police spokeswoman said.
"The driver took the two-year-old girl to the local clinic where she died."
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In a separate crash yesterday, a 42-year-old man died on Coalfields Road, Darkan.
He was driving a Ford Falcon sedan west along the Coalfields Road in Darkan about 5.45am when he lost control of his vehicle.
"The driver entered a road works area and it is believed he went on to the unsealed portion of the road where he lost control of the vehicle, leaving the road and colliding with some trees," WA Police said.
The vehicle rolled, coming to a rest on its roof.
The driver was trapped in the vehicle and he died at the scene as a result of injuries he received in the crash.
His next of kin has not been notified.
