Wundowie: Man trapped in vehicle after early-morning collision on Great Eastern Highway

A man has been flown to Royal Perth Hospital following a multiple vehicle crash on a busy highway east of Perth.

The RAC Rescue helicopter and three ambulance crews responded to the crash just after 6am Monday on Great Eastern Highway in Wundowie, halfway between Mundaring and Northam.

An ambulance has taken another man who was seriously injured in the crash to Royal Perth Hospital under lights and sirens.

One of the men was trapped in a car and had to be removed by Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service firefighters.

A witness described an “absolutely horrific” scene.

He told 6PR two cars appeared to have collided head-on on the highway near the Hawke Avenue turnoff.

The crash involved a Commodore ute and an unknown white car.

Great Eastern Highway has been closed between Inkpen Road and Chedaring Road due to the crash.