Overview
- Police say a yellow Ford Falcon left the wrong side of Alexander Road just before 11:40pm Friday and crashed into a Rivervale unit, killing 53-year-old Bishnu Kumari “Himali” Gurung as she slept.
- Investigators and SES crews secured the damaged home and examined CCTV that captured the impact as major crash officers mapped the sequence before the collision.
- Rhyse Robert Hawkins, 36, has been charged with manslaughter and criminal damage and appeared in court on Sunday, where he was remanded to reappear on February 18.
- The alleged driver and his 43-year-old passenger were not injured in the crash, according to police.
- Gurung had arrived from Nepal on Tuesday to visit family, with relatives launching a GoFundMe for funeral costs and urgent travel as WA’s Nepali community offers support.