Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs Five fatal crashes within the space of just a few days have marked a grim start to Western Australia’s Christmas holiday break.A crash in Margaret River on Thursday, December 19 claimed the life of a 74-year-old man after his Kia Optima left the road and hit a tree on Walcliffe Road about 5.35pm.A 24-year-old man died in a crash in Landsdale on Thursday, December 19.Credit: 9News PerthLater that night, a Mazda 626 hit a tree on Alexander Drive in Landsdale, in Perth’s north-east. The driver, a 24-year-old man, died at the scene.Days later, on Sunday, December 22, three more people died in three separate crashes across the state’s south-west.About 6pm, Holden Jackaroo hit a tree while driving on Emu Fence Road, near Meranda North Road in Mount Holland, about 500 kilometres east of Perth.The driver, a 23-year-old man, was taken by ambulance to Northam Hospital to be treated for non life-threatening injuries, but a 31-year-old man in the passenger seat died at the scene.A crash involving a black sedan and a motorbike claimed the life of the motorbike rider in Canning Vale on Sunday, December 22. Credit: 9News PerthBarely two hours later at 7.50pm, an off-road motorbike crashed on Nanarup Beach, east of Albany, killing the 25-year-old rider.And later that night, a rider was killed when their motorbike and a black sedan collided on Nicholson Road in Canning Vale about 11.10pm.
