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Highway shut after serious early-morning crash injures woman and little boy

PerthNow · 17 August 2026 at 9:00 am

Highway shut after serious early-morning crash injures woman and little boy

A young boy and a woman have been injured and a major Perth highway shut after a serious early-morning crash.

Emergency services were called to Brookton Highway in Lesley, south-east of Perth near Armadale, after a car hit a tree about 1.40am on Monday.

The boy, aged under 10, was taken to Royal Perth Hospital under normal road conditions.

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