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Teen dies, another man flown to hospital after serious crash near Murray Bridge

A 19-year-old from Mannum has died after two cars collided head-on in a sickening crash at Brinkley in the Murraylands.

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A teenager has died after a two-car head-on crash south of Murray Bridge.

Emergency services were called to Pfeiffer Rd at Brinkley, about 16km south of Murray Bridge, around 5.10pm on Wednesday after a Ford ute travelling east and a Holden Commodore travelling west collided.

The driver of the Holden – a 19-year-old Mannum man – died at the scene.

A 19-year-old from Mannum died after two cars collided at Brinkley in the Murraylands. Picture: 7NEWS
A 19-year-old from Mannum died after two cars collided at Brinkley in the Murraylands. Picture: 7NEWS

The driver of the Ford, a 46-year-old local man was flown the Royal Adelaide Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Pfeiffer Rd was closed while Major Crash investigators went to the scene, but has since reopened to all traffic.

The young man’s death is the 37th life lost on South Australian roads this year.

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