German tourist killed in WA crash

A 21-year-old German woman was killed when a car she was travelling in rolled over in rural Western Australia, leaving four other tourists with injuries.

Seriously injured in the crash, in the state's Gascoyne region, were a 25-year-old Israeli woman and a 21-year-old German man.

The 22-year-old female driver, also a German national, and a man in his early 20s who police believe is American, received minor injuries.

Police say the accident happened when the driver lost control of a Mitsubishi Pajero, which then rolled over near the small town of Lyndon.

The crash happened mid-afternoon on Tuesday on the Exmouth-Minilya Road, about 52 kilometres north of the Northwest Coastal Highway.

The injured were taken to a local hospital and transferred to Perth for further treatment on Wednesday.