<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Three young mates heading home from a weekend away camping have been killed in a </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/car-crashes" rel="" target="" title="car crash"><span>car crash</span></a><span> in </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/perth" rel="" target="" title="Perth's"><span>Perth's</span></a><span> south-east.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Kyle Retallack, Joshua Cox and Chloe Websdale were on their way home when their Nissan Patrol crashed into a tree on the Brookton Highway.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The crash happened at 3pm yesterday in Lesley, about 35 kilometres from the CBD.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/man-arrested-adelaide-after-body-found-in-park/b2204d9a-450d-4f5c-8c1f-b062c025942d"><strong><span>'Generous' dad allegedly murdered on morning walk</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"What I can say, the scenes that the first responders had to respond to were things that they'll probably never forget in their careers," acting Commissioner Mike Peters said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The family of Cox, 26, and his family told 9News he was "free spirited" and had a "gentle heart".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They said the friends weren't speeding and were all wearing seatbelts.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/perth-news-kyle-retallack-joshua-cox-and-chloe-websdale-killed-in-lesley-camping-trip-smash/7747a02b-a2d0-4e03-b44f-9e9d07a71a72" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A friend of 27-year-old Retallack described him as "a genuinely lovely person, [who] wouldn't hurt a fly", adding "he was always smiling and happy".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Websdale, 23, played A-grade cricket for the Rockingham Hornets, which said "this is devastating for our club".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say it is too early to know what caused the crash but are investigating.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-multi-car-crash-m4-motorway-eastern-creek-peak-hour/2852e990-c6f4-4d95-a84e-af4ca11261ad" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Man fighting for life after four-car highway crash</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The car was so badly damaged it took fire and emergency services more than three hours to get the bodies out of the wreckage.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Five people lost their lives on our roads in a matter of hours yesterday, and WA police said they didn't know what else to do.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/western-australia-crash-news-young-man-dies-in-single-vehicle-in-perths-north/da824012-24f3-45d7-af8b-84bb7c83c309" rel="" target="" title="On Friday night, Seb Foufas lost his life in Pinjar, "><span>On Friday night, Seb Foufas lost his life in Pinjar,</span></a><span> a passenger in a ute that flipped on a dirt track.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two teens died in a motorbike collision in Roebourne, and another motorbike rider, a 32-year-old, killed at Allanson east of Bunbury</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are certainly out there, every single day patrolling the highways. 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