Melbourne: A 21-year-old Indian student has died in a car accident in Canberra, Australia. This information was given in the news published in the media. According to the media, the slain student Kunal Chopra was originally from Hoshiarpur district of Punjab and was living in Australia on a student visa. According to the news of SBS Punjabi, a multicultural and multilingual broadcaster in Australia, the incident took place on Canberra’s William Howell Drive at 7 am local time last week when Chopra was returning from work.
According to SBS Punjabi, Chopra’s car rammed into a concrete pumping truck. According to preliminary investigation, Chopra’s car had gone in the wrong direction due to which it collided with the Canberra-bound truck. According to the news, Chopra was declared dead on the spot. This is the first fatal road accident in Canberra this year (2023). Acting Inspector of Road Policing, Travis Mills, said the Road Accident Investigation Team is probing the accident involving Chopra.
Dead body being sent to India
Chopra had come to Australia in February last year. SBC Punjabi quoted Chopra’s cousin Honey Malhotra, who lives in Canberra, as saying, “We are heartbroken and her family back home is shattered.” are doing. Friend and community representative Gurpreet Singh Gill said the tragedy had shocked the close-knit Indian community in Canberra. “We are also in touch with his family and the Indian High Commission, which is helping to send Chopra’s mortal remains to India,” he said. Gill appealed to the youth to be careful on the road.
