A devastating head‑on collision on the Mitchell Freeway has left a 56‑year‑old woman and a 24‑year‑old man dead after the man’s vehicle was seen travelling on the wrong side of the road late Sunday night in the northern Perth suburb of Butler.
Police say the man was driving a white utility southbound in the northbound lanes when he struck two hatchbacks near the Lukin Drive exit at around 11:25pm. The woman driving one of the hatchbacks died at the scene.
The man was rushed to Joondalup Health Campus with critical injuries but later died. Two occupants of the second hatchback suffered non‑life‑threatening injuries.
Sections of the Mitchell Freeway were closed for several hours as emergency crews cleared the wreckage. Major Crash investigators examined the scene overnight and are urging anyone with dash‑cam footage or information to contact Crime Stoppers.
This is the second fatal wrong‑way crash on the same stretch of freeway in just four months. In the earlier incident, 60‑year‑old Johnny Gray died after driving his pink 1956 Chevrolet Cadillac the wrong way down an off‑ramp at Romeo Road. The freeway extension opened only in 2023.
The latest tragedy has renewed concerns about wrong‑way driving and safety on Perth’s major arterial roads.
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