<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A family is grieving the death of their teenage son after a school commute turned to tragedy in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/perth" rel="" target="" title="Perth"><span>Perth</span></a><span>'s south.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The high school student was struck by two cars after getting off the bus during the morning rush in Warnbro.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Witnesses say the teenage boy stepped off a bus on Warnbro Sound Avenue just after 8am and was crossing the road.</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/wa-man-charged-terrorism-offence/f8d81f59-afc8-48ad-b91b-2ced477fff8a" rel="" target="" title="Man charged with allegedly planning terrorist attack on multiple locations in Perth"><strong><span>Man charged with allegedly planning terrorist attack on multiple locations in Perth</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They say he was clipped by one car then struck by another, dying at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Quite sad, quite quick," one witness told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I had to brake and then tried to help but there was already people who knew CPR and first aid."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/warnbro-crash-teenager-dies-hit-by-two-cars-after-getting-off-bus-way-to-school/ab44f494-07e8-4d3f-987d-4198d5b4ab32" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Major crash investigators spent hours trying to piece together exactly what happened.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Warnbro Community High School emailed parents news of the incident and their efforts to help those affected by the tragedy.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our focus is on supporting students and staff who may be impacted ... while respecting the privacy of those involved," principal Debra Bright wrote.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The stretch of Warnbro Sound Avenue is busy and locals say it's too fast, calling for the 70km/h speed limit to be reduced.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It makes me feel worried because I've got a two-year-old son, we're right next to a busy road and I've always been worried about the road," resident Rhiannon Harp told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've got two high schools just across the road from where the bus was and there is a primary school over there as well."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The sentiment is shared by fellow resident Dilly Koloi.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's even hard to get out of my own intersection, there's quite heavy traffic here," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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