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16-year-old boy dies in Boxing Day quad-bike crash near Dwellingup

A teenage boy has died in a Boxing Day crash near Dwellingup.

WA Police sergeant Stephen Dixon said the crash occurred at 3.25pm on Monday afternoon, on Scarp Road near North Spur Road in Marrinup.

Three men were riding a quad bike on an unsealed section of the road when the 40-year-old rider lost control of the bike and hit a tree.

All three men were thrown from the bike.

Both the rider and his two pillion passengers- aged 17 and 16- were injured in the crash. 

The 17-year-old Coolbellup boy was airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital, but the 16-year-old boy passed away as a result of his injuries. 

The death brings WA's holiday road toll to 2.