A 24-year-old man named Kadin Wallace has taken his own life after surviving a car crash that claimed the lives of his two best mates at Lake King on Saturday morning.
Kadin Wallace (24)
It is understood all three men, who hailed from nearby towns in Southland on New Zealand's southernmost tip, were not wearing seat belts.
Police said a passerby found the rolled ute on a straight stretch of the unsealed Lake King-Norseman Road in the Great Southern district, 470 kilometres south east of Perth, and called police at around 7.15am.
It is believed that earlier in the night the three men were travelling in a white Toyota Hilux utility along the unsealed road when the vehicle rolled.
Two of them, aged 24 and 25 years of age, died as a result of injuries received in the crash.
The other victims were Dylan Sherriff and Jeremy Vergeer, who announced his engagement to local girl Lauren Withers earlier this month.
Jeremy Vergeer (24)
Dylan Sherriff (25)
The New Zealanders were living in Esperance and worked on farms in the Cascade area near Esperance.
Two of the men's parents have flown from New Zealand to Esperance, while the third man's parents will arrive soon.
Their friends took to social media to express their grief.
An investigation into the crash is continuing and police will prepare a report for the coroner.
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Kadin Wallace (24)
It is understood all three men, who hailed from nearby towns in Southland on New Zealand's southernmost tip, were not wearing seat belts.
Police said a passerby found the rolled ute on a straight stretch of the unsealed Lake King-Norseman Road in the Great Southern district, 470 kilometres south east of Perth, and called police at around 7.15am.
It is believed that earlier in the night the three men were travelling in a white Toyota Hilux utility along the unsealed road when the vehicle rolled.
Two of them, aged 24 and 25 years of age, died as a result of injuries received in the crash.
The other victims were Dylan Sherriff and Jeremy Vergeer, who announced his engagement to local girl Lauren Withers earlier this month.
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Jeremy Vergeer (24)
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Dylan Sherriff (25)
The New Zealanders were living in Esperance and worked on farms in the Cascade area near Esperance.
Two of the men's parents have flown from New Zealand to Esperance, while the third man's parents will arrive soon.
Their friends took to social media to express their grief.
An investigation into the crash is continuing and police will prepare a report for the coroner.