SYDNEY, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Four people have been killed in a two-vehicle crash on a major highway in Western Australia (WA), police said on Monday.

The driver of a sedan as well as a 58-year-old male taxi driver and his two passengers -- women aged 56 and 81 -- died in the head-on crash in the early hours of Monday morning.

Police said that the sedan was driving on the wrong side of the Leach Highway near Perth Airport when it crashed head-on into the taxi at about 3:40 a.m. local time.

Emergency services were called to the scene, where police found one of the vehicles on fire.

All four occupants of the two vehicles were declared deceased at the scene.

Police closed the highway in both directions while detectives from the major crash unit investigated the circumstances of the crash. Enditem

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