Three people killed in separate crashes on South Australian roads
Three people died in separate traffic incidents across South Australia on a single day, including a 23-year-old woman struck by a garbage truck in Adelaide's north-east. The incidents occurred at different locations and times throughout the morning, with one involving a motorcycle crash at a winery and another a head-on collision with a road train. The deaths bring South Australia's road fatality toll to 50 for the year, a significant increase from 37 at the same point last year.
Three fatal crashes occurred across South Australian roads on the same day. A 23-year-old woman from Modbury Heights was struck by a garbage truck on Melrose Street around 9:45am; the 48-year-old truck driver was uninjured and reported for careless driving causing death. Earlier that morning at approximately 8:45am, a 43-year-old motorcyclist from Nangkita died when his bike crashed into a building at a Langhorne Creek winery and caught fire. A third fatality involved a Paradise resident whose car collided head-on with a road train at Elwomple near Tailem Bend. The road train collision caused a fire that led authorities to close the Dukes Highway overnight. These three deaths bring South Australia's 2024 road fatality count to 50, compared with 37 deaths at the equivalent point in the previous year.
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Woman struck by garbage truck among three fatalities on SA roads
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