In 1998, he was relegated back to the WAFL (known as "Westar Rules" during the period 1997-2001) for much of the year and played in the East Fremantle Football Club1998 premiership. At the end of the season he was delisted by Fremantle.
At about 5am on 21 August 2005, Dhurkkay died in a car accident on Melville Bay Road, Arnhem Land, NT when his car rolled over and he was thrown from the vehicle. He was 31 years of age at the time of his death.[2]