RIVERSIDE DRIVE DOUBLE-FATALITY Mum says "He was trying to save a mate"

[devolved]

Interesting twist in the story - the story is in todays West.

HEADLINE "Death Driver was trying to save mate"
Apparently the mother has claimed that "It was typical Tom, he always thought of other people first and would do anything to help a mate".

Death driver 'was trying to save mate' - The West Australian

[RRossi]

Wow what a twist?

Dosnt really sound right tbh?

I wonder what his mate was dying of?

RR

[Big_Dave]

Yea, sounds more than a little suss to me

[Sventek]

Unfortunately, I believe that there were other factors as well.

[Fozzy]

Pretty easy to check with St Johns if they had a call around that time for a "violently ill" man.. Also where the crash happened isnt exactly on the way to a hospital from nedlands.. You know.. Just sayin.

[Sventek]

I believe he was heading to RPH.

[Stoneville]

going so fast he missed the turn off to RPH at Victoria Ave, and heading back around?

So sad if true

[Fozzy]

I guess going so fast missed the turnoff at Victoria Ave.

[devolved]

I think it gives us a picture of probably what was going on - a mate is very sick from taking copious amounts of alcohol/drugs, also whacked mate thinks he should rush him to hospital but is clearly not fit to drive and prangs the car at some insane speed.

Drove past the accident site Wednesday arvo, and not sure how Nedlands to any hospital (apart from something in the East) works from the crash site east of the Plain Street turn off. Why not just go to charlies?

They may not have left from Nedlands, they may have got lost etc etc.

That said - a grieving mother may have also embellished the story, which I guess is somewhat understandable.

[Rooboy]

What's wrong with Charlies in Shenton Park / Hollywood? Bit closer to Nedlands than RPH.

Just Sayin' what you are thinking.

[RRossi]

I think it gives us a picture of probably what was going on - a mate is very sick from taking copious amounts of alcohol/drugs, also whacked mate thinks he should rush him to hospital but is clearly not fit to drive and prangs the car at some insane speed.

Drove past the accident site Wednesday arvo, and not sure how Nedlands to any hospital (apart from something in the East) works from the crash site east of the Plain Street turn off. Why not just go to charlies?

They may not have left from Nedlands, they may have got lost etc etc.

That said - a grieving mother may have also embellished the story, which I guess is somewhat understandable.

+1


Still sad however,


RR

[kapyong]

Young blokes from the bush may not have known Perth as well as most of us????

[McGoo]

What's wrong with Charlies in Shenton Park / Hollywood? Bit closer to Nedlands than RPH.

Just Sayin' what you are thinking.

Charlie's would have been fine, but Hollywood don't have an emergency department.

[chief wiggum]

zackery what i was thinking, if you combine that with some alcohol/drugs/panic, you could easily have someone who is a touch confused

[Desmo]

I'm not saying the driver didn't have his mate's best interests at heart, but I'd like to see the toxicology reports.

[mekon]

She said the men had been playing video games at a Nedlands home when Mr Payne suddenly became extremely sick about midnight. Her son had called her at their home in Muresk to ask for help.

Yeah, LSD, Nodoze, copious amounts of Vodka will do that to a person.

[D'Artagnan]

Doesn't really matter now they're dead. R.I.P. Just hope it was quick. Sadly they didn't make it to the speed camera on Riverside Drive as that would have surely saved their lives. Inappropriate sarcasm I know, but just saying...

[pink bits]

i have compassion and sadness for there family's.....

but im not sure how proud that mother should be....yes he tried to help a friend (very noble) but in the end put his life at a huge risk which ended with him taking it

[Harro]

I blame the Video Games.

[Algy]

does the mother really need to make up an alibi now?

is there any idea just how fast they were going?

and yes, very sad