The West Australian Goldfields town of Kalgoorlie has been rocked by another tragedy, with a 37-year-old woman taking her life at the site of teenager Elijah Doughty's death.

Key points: 14-year-old Elijah Doughty died after allegedly being hit by a ute, his death sparked riots in Kalgoorlie

14-year-old Elijah Doughty died after allegedly being hit by a ute, his death sparked riots in Kalgoorlie A woman took her life at the site of his death

A woman took her life at the site of his death Suicide rates in the region are being described as an "epidemic"

Fourteen-year-old Elijah Doughty died when he was allegedly run down by a motorist in late August as he rode a motorcycle along a road on the outskirts of Kalgoorlie. A 55-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter and has not yet entered a plea.

The site became a mourning or "sorry site" to locals. Now, they have another reason for grief.

Police confirmed the death yesterday but offered no public comment. The family of the dead woman say they do not believe there was a connection with the Doughty case.

The Kalgoorlie-Boulder region has been plagued by a spate of suicides during the past year. The nearby town of Leonora has been particularly hard hit.

The woman who died yesterday leaves behind three children.

Former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said he was saddened and angered by yesterday's death, which comes on the back of intensive suicide prevention policy efforts by Aboriginal leaders.

"There is a sense of despair, a sense of hopelessness," Dr Calma said.

Dr Calma co-chairs the government-funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project, which has for the past two years been holding roundtables around the country and devising recommendations to government on how to stem the tide of Indigenous suicide.

A woman holds a candle light at the vigil held for slain Kalgoorlie teenager Elijah Doughty. ( ABC News: Nathan Morris )

But Dr Calma said government policy was ad-hoc and changeable.

"It's very, very frustrating… There's no consistent policy approach, there's no consistent funding and there is definitely a lack of real and meaningful engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people," Dr Calma said.

More than 150 Aboriginal people took their lives in 2015, the highest figure ever recorded nationally. Suicide rates in some regions — including the WA Kimberley, and parts of the Northern Territory and Far North Queensland — have been described as epidemic.

Local women in Kalgoorlie say they are devastated by yesterday's death. They described the past year as draining and soul-destroying as deaths mounted.

"We've just been burying and burying and burying people that are close to us, you know, people that we love,' community member Dena Rundle said.

Her friend Dianne Logan said combating suicide was extremely difficult because many Indigenous people did not reach out for help.

"Historically Aboriginal people have had a fear of welfare and police, because they're only there to take your kids away," Ms Logan said.

"They're not used to talking to strangers, because nobody listens."

Health Minister Sussan Ley will fly to the Kimberley this Friday to chair a special roundtable on Indigenous suicide. She will be joined by Indigenous Affairs Minister Nigel Scullion and Assistant Minister for Health Ken Wyatt, an Indigenous man from Western Australia.