Boy dies after crash on way home from school in Perth
The parents of a little boy critically injured in a crash on the way home from school in Perth have been forced to turn off his life support.
Jackson Donovan, six, was critically injured in a pile-up as his mother drove him and his sister home on Friday.
His mother has described the "unbearable moment'" the older brother of two siblings fell silent in the back seat after the accident.
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Jackson Donovan, six, was critically injured in a pile-up as his mother drove him and his sister home on Friday. Nine
Klara Donovan had just picked up her little boy from school, with one daughter also in the back seat, when their van was rear ended at the intersection of Dixon and Mandurah roads in East Rockingham.
It was sent smashing into a bus and spun into two more cars.
"Everything went white. All the airbags had deployed around me," she said.
"I called out 'everyone okay?'
"Jackson was quiet and I was honestly so confused as to why he didn't answer until I saw him.
"We've been told he died on impact."
Jackson was flown to Perth Children's Hospital but there was nothing doctors could do.
The horrific pile up is believed to have been caused by a driver's medical episode. Nine
After 28 agonising hours, his parents made the heartbreaking decision to switch off his life support.
They've extended thanks to first responders and medical staff.
The horrific pile up is believed to have been caused by a driver's medical episode.
The 64-year-old man has since been released from hospital.
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