{"id":646418,"date":"2026-05-03T06:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646418\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T06:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T06:39:13","slug":"perth-traffic-driver-18-dies-after-car-rollover-on-mitchell-freeway-northbound-near-wembley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/646418\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth traffic: Driver, 18, dies after car rollover on Mitchell Freeway northbound near Wembley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A serious crash has left an 18-year-old driver dead with Mitchell Freeway northbound still closed as police investigate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">A white Nissan Patrol station sedan was travelling northbound on the Mitchell Freeway when the driver lost control of the car near the Powis Street exit, causing it to roll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">The teenage driver, who was the only person in the car, sustained critical injuries and was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, where he sadly died a short time later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Police have blocked northbound lanes from Vincent Street to Hutton Street, with motorists being forced to exit the freeway as congestion builds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/19b9f66228ced7bb9edc1c155f1dcd6c6f2a1a03.jpg\" alt=\"Vision of the crash on the Mitchell Freeway at the Powis St offramp at midday on Sunday Picture: 7NEWS\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconVision of the crash on the Mitchell Freeway at the Powis St offramp at midday on Sunday 7NEWS Credit: 7NEWS\/7NEWS<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Traffic is heavy back to Hay Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Drivers are being urged to avoid the area and find an alternate route.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3c8d0909cf40920069af6a886355d2cc2c8ff7b1.jpg\" alt=\"Traffic is backed up after the crash at Wembley.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconTraffic is backed up after the crash at Wembley. Credit: Main Roads WA<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Major crash officers are investigating the crash and are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident to report to Crime Stoppers via www.crimestopperswa.com.au or by calling 1800 333 000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Dash-cam or mobile phone vision relating to the crash can be uploaded directly to investigators via the following link, https:\/\/wapf.au.evidence.com\/axon\/community-request\/public\/glendalough<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A serious crash has left an 18-year-old driver dead with Mitchell Freeway northbound still closed as police investigate.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":646419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,46,1191,45],"class_list":["post-646418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-perth","tag-traffic","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}