Young woman dies in crash on Eyre Peninsula, hours before fatal crash in Adelaide Hills
A 19-year-old woman has died after crashing into a tree less than a kilometre from her home on the Eyre Peninsula, while a man died after crashing his bike in the Adelaide Hills on Wednesday.
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Two people died on South Australian roads on Wednesday, including a young woman on the Eyre Peninsula and a motorcyclist in the Adelaide Hills.
The first crash happened on Warrow Road, about 11km west of Cummins, just before 7am this morning.
A 19-year-old woman smashed into a tree less than a kilometre from her home. She died before emergency services arrived on the scene.
The road has remained blocked off since the incident, with traffic diverted around the scene.
Police on site confirmed that it is the second loss the family has experienced on the same stretch of road.
Major Crash Officers from Adelaide have flown to the area to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.
Hours later, in the Adelaide Hills, a 31-year-old Blakeview man died after crashing his motorcycle on North East Road at Paracombe just after 12pm on Wednesday.
He was rushed to hospital, where he died a short time later.
Major Crash Officers investigated the incident.
Sixty-seven lives have been lost on SA roads this year, compared with 77 at the same time last year.
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