New Zealand mother whose son died when Honda Accord he drove crashed in Scarborough flies to Perth

A devastated mother has taken the saddest trip of her life from New Zealand to Australia to collect her son’s body after he died in a horrific car crash.

Her 19-year-old son was killed when the silver Honda Accord he was driving veered off Scarborough Beach Road, in Perth, and slammed into a tree just after midnight on Saturday. 

He sustained critical injuries and later died in hospital. 

The passenger, also 19, was also taken to Royal Perth Hospital with serious leg injuries.

In an unusual scene, a female passerby stopped to comfort the injured passenger, while paramedics treated him, as he lay ‘in agony’ on the grass beside the wreck

The two victims’ name have not yet been released. 

The impact of the crash was so violent that the car’s motor was forced through the engine bay and into the passenger compartment, 9News reported.

WA Police Inspector Vic Hussey said the accident scene was ‘very very confronting’, with the entire front of the Honda horrifically mangled. 

‘The vehicle’s in a really really bad state and it was pretty hard for us to work out what sort of car it was when we arrived,’ he said.

Both teens in the car had to be cut free by emergency crews. 

In an unusual scene, a female passerby stopped to comfort the injured passenger, while paramedics treated him, as he lay ‘in agony’ on the grass beside the wreck.

Witness Oscar Poppelwell told 9news there were no sound of screeching tires or braking before the impact.

He said the car went ‘airborne’ after mounting the kerb, then it struck the tree.

Mr Poppelwell also said there were three bangs from the impact, followed by people nearby rushing to the stricken vehicle.

Emergency services crews had to cut both young men out of the wreckage of the Honda

WA police’s Major Crash Investigation Section are seeking any information from the public, including dash cam or mobile phone video, as they investigate how the crash occurred.

‘About 12.05am [on Saturday 1 July], a silver Honda Accord sedan was travelling west along Scarborough Beach Road when near Abbett Road, the sedan left the road and struck a tree, a police statement read.

‘The 19-year-old male driver sustained critical injuries and was conveyed by ambulance to hospital where he later died. 

‘The male passenger, also 19, sustained serious leg injuries and was also conveyed to hospital.’