The conditions of two people critically injured in a horror day of emergencies on Perth roads have changed for the better.
A 73-year-old male pedestrian was struck by a car just before it also ploughed into a hospital’s emergency department about 10am on June 4.
After several days in Royal Perth Hospital in critical conditions, the hospital confirmed on Monday that both the 73-year-old man and 59-year-old woman had improved and while they remain in hospital, are both now in a stable condition.
No charges have been laid by police over either incident.
St John of God Murdoch’s emergency department had to be shut for about nine hours after the grey Nissan Tiida sedan crashed.
The driver of the Nissan, an 83-year-old male, received treatment at the scene for minor injuries. Major crash officers are continuing to investigate what happened.
About 40 kilometres north, a separate and ultimately fatal emergency unfolded when the 390 bus veered onto the wrong side of Joondalup Drive and slammed into a tree, injuring seven people including the 59-year-old woman and killing 61-year-old Rooney Taua.
The father-of-one, who was living in Banksia Grove but is originally from New Zealand, was on his “ordinary morning commute to work” at the time. He left behind his daughter and wife.
In a fundraiser established to support his family through their time of immense heartbreak, his relative Ben Moore remembered him as a stoic man who took pride in his family.
Police are investigating whether the 56-year-old male bus driver, who was taken to Royal Perth Hospital but released the following day, had a medical episode.
