Baldivis crash: Chilling video shows white Audi in moments before horror smash that killed three young men – and emergency vehicles rushing to the tragic scene
The miraculous sole survivor of a car involved in a horror crash that killed three young men has paid an emotional tribute to his lost friends – as chilling CCTV footage emerged of the final moments before the tragic crash.
Tyler Rowe was the sole survivor of a multi-vehicle crash on Sixty Eight Road in Baldivis, south of Perth, which happened just after 5pm on Wednesday.
The 21-year-old man was pulled from the wreckage of the terrifying crash and suffered serious injuries to his arm before being taken to hospital.
Mr Rowe posted a heartfelt tribute to his friends on his Facebook page on Thursday.
“I love you guys and I’m going to miss you so much,” he wrote in an earlier news item.
Meanwhile, chilling CCTV footage has captured the moment before the crash that killed the three young men – as emergency services rushed to the tragic scene in the aftermath.
Jaziah Thomas, 24, and brothers Kody and William Bell, aged 24 and 21, were tragically killed in the crash on Sixty Eight Road in Baldivis, south of Perth, just after 5pm on Wednesday.
Video from a resident’s security camera showed a white Audi A3 sedan reportedly driving down the road before colliding with another vehicle.
Shocking footage has emerged of a white Audi sedan allegedly driving down a road before crashing, leading to the deaths of three young men in the vehicle
About 20 minutes later, several fire trucks can be seen driving along the road as they rush to the scene of the accident.
Mr Thomas was driving the white Audi while the two brothers and another 21-year-old man were in the vehicle at the time of the accident.
The two brothers and Mr Thomas were tragically killed at the scene after it struck a black Kia Stinger, reportedly at high speed.
A 44-year-old woman driving the Kia was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Western Australia Police said the investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Detective Senior Sergeant Adam Matson told reporters on Thursday that several factors, including speed, were being looked at as possible causes of the crash.
“Speed is certainly one of the factors we look at, but we’re not going to look at that in isolation,” he said.
Dina King, one of several witnesses at the scene, told the story The Western Australia the crash sounded like a ‘bomb’ had gone off.
She said she was by Mr. Thomas’ side during his final moments.
“I held the driver’s hand and kept telling him to listen to my voice and take deep breaths,” she told The West.
When a phone in the car started ringing, Mrs. King answered and was tasked with breaking the news to a mother that her sons had been killed.
The horrific crash left Jaziah Thomas, 24, and brothers Kody and William Bell, aged 24 and 21, dead immediately after the white Audi they were riding in collided head-on with a black Kia Stinger just after 5pm on Wednesday .
Family and have since flocked for the young men who died in the horror accident.
Kody Bell is survived by his wife and two young children, a son and a daughter.
Mr Thomas also had two young children, one of whom was just four months old, with his partner Tamekah Locker, and the pair had been together since they were 14.
“It still doesn’t feel real and I keep waiting for you to just walk through the door and it breaks me knowing you’re not coming with me,” Ms Locker wrote on Facebook.
“You’ve been my whole world, my best friend and my person since we were fourteen and I don’t know how I can live without you, I just want you to come home.
‘Thank you for giving me our two beautiful babies, they love you so much and I’m so sorry you won’t be here to see them grow up, but I promise I’ll make you proud and do everything we can talked about for their future I know you will watch over us all the time’.
“Rest in peace to the love of my life and the most wonderful, loving father and son.”
Tributes from friends and family poured in for Jaziah Thomas (pictured left), who was a father of two young children after he died in a car crash on Wednesday
Kody Bell (pictured), who also died in the crash, was also a father who is survived by his wife and two young children, a son and a daughter
The father of the two brothers who died in the crash, Curley Bell, thanked first responders for quickly coming to his children’s aid.
“I just want to thank the people who helped with that accident on Route 68 tonight. My family has lost our two sons and another life has also been lost,” he said.
Their mother, Belinda, also thanked those who came to her son’s aid and shared her sadness at the news.
WA Police Acting Inspector Brendon Barwick previously said it was a “miracle” there were any survivors from the crash.
‘It’s quite confrontational. “It doesn’t impact one or two families, it impacts the entire community,” he said.