Victim of horror truck rollover an international student
Arshpreet Singh Khahra died when his white Volvo truck crashed through a barrier on Great Eastern Highway near the intersection of Old Northam Road at 8.15am on Thursday.
Footage from the scene showed the truck split in half and charred from a fire believed to have started inside the fuel tank.
Mr Singh, 23, was found trapped inside the truck when emergency services arrived and declared dead at the scene.
Multiple Punjabi news outlets reported Mr Singh was part of the Ram Khara Village in Tarn Taran.
'He had come to Australia as an international student,' Sea7 Australia wrote.
'After hearing the news of his death, the family members in the village are in a state of grief and have demanded that the Government bring the body to India as soon as possible.
'The Punjabi community in Australia has also expressed grief.'
Three St John WA ambulance crews attended to crash scene, including its special operations team.
The Department of Fire and Emergency Services sent career and volunteer firefighters to the crash.
Just hours after Mr Singh's death, a 67-year-old male motorcycle rider died 22 days after colliding with a Hyundai SUV on Joondalup Drive. Arshpreet Singh. Credit: Facebook
The rider was left seriously injured after colliding with a Hyundai SUV travelling in the same direction as him on Joondalup Drive near Wanneroo Road on May 28.
The deaths bring WA's road toll to 94 — the highest number for this time of year in more than a decade.
Major crash investigators are urging anyone who saw the Wooroloo crash, or who has any information relating to this crash, to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online here.
Dash-cam, mobile phone and CCTV footage can be sent directly to investigators via this link.
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