Seven hospitalized following multi-vehicle collision in Western Australia

SYDNEY, Oct. 23 (Xinhua/APP): Seven people have been hospitalized after multiple cars collided in the southern suburbs of Perth in Western Australia.

Emergency services said on Wednesday night that nine ambulance crews and a helicopter were deployed to the serious crash involving several vehicles in Oakford, 28 km south of central Perth, around midday local time.

A man was airlifted to a local hospital in a critical condition, while a baby boy and a girl aged under five were taken to a children’s hospital by road.

A woman in her 30s was taken to hospital in a serious condition, while three other adults, two men and a woman, were also hospitalized.