<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Several people have died and others have been seriously injured after a series of crashes over the Christmas period.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police in Western Australia have charged a 24-year-old man today over the latest crash after the driver allegedly did burnouts in a Ford Falcon sedan in the town of Wundowie with two 17-year-old girls in the car before 8pm yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers said he lost control of the vehicle and hit a large tree.</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><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/new-years-eve-2024-weather-forecast-state-by-state-australia/78a15534-acde-450c-a069-fbc5ae399418"><strong><span>What will the weather be like on New Year's Eve?</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the teenagers was flown to Royal Perth Hospital with critical injuries, while the other teenager was driven to Midland Hospital with serious injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 24-year-old man was charged with dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm and no authority to drive.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier that day, a man died at the scene of a separate collision in the state's Wheatbelt region between a blue Mitsubishi Pajero station wagon and a Toyota Hilux tray-top in Bulyee at 8.50am.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/several-dead-others-seriously-injured-and-charges-laid-after-horror-spate-of-christmas-road-crashes/07d066f9-40d7-4989-b757-0c68255811a6" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-to-hobart-yacht-race-two-people-dead-in-accidents/ed33c03e-219c-4dd3-8c89-d403db30a11a"><strong><span>Possible factor in Sydney to Hobart deaths revealed</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 51-year-old man who was the driver of the Toyota Hilux died from his injuries at the scene, while a 16-year-old female passenger was flown to Royal Perth Hospital.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The four people travelling in the Mitsubishi Pajero were taken to Narrogin Hospital including the 39-year-old driver, a 40-year-old woman, an eight-year-old boy and a nine-year-old boy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 39-year-old man has since been charged with dangerous driving occasioning death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, firefighters used the jaws of life to free the passengers of a grey Toyota Corolla hatchback and a silver Hyundai Santa Fe station wagon after a collision on Great Eastern Highway at Greenmount at 4.15pm on Christmas Day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Five people were left with serious injuries while another person suffered minor injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are also investigating a crash on Boxing Day in Collie where a grey Hyundai Tucson station sedan collided with a guard rail and plunged into the Collie River South.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Members of the public rescued the 63-year-old driver, who was the only person in the car.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was taken to Collie Hospital with critical injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Queensland's road toll also grew over the Christmas period after an 83-year-old man died in hospital after a serious two-car crash in Cedar Grove on Christmas Day.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Meanwhile, a second person, a 16-year-old boy from 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