Promising SANFL player dies after her car crashed into Stobie pole in Glengowrie

SEVERAL people ignored the safety risks as they tried to save a 22-year-old woman trapped in the mangled wreckage of her smoke-filled car at Glengowrie on Sunday.

SEVERAL people ignored the safety risks as they tried to save a 22-year-old woman, a promising SANFL player, trapped in the mangled wreckage of her smoke-filled car at Glengowrie on Sunday.

Despite fears the v ehicle could explode after it hit a Stobie pole and brought down powerlines, bystanders did their utmost to help the driver.

The Blackwood woman, who has not been officially named, died at the scene.

The smash occurred at the intersection of Diagonal Rd and Meredith Ave about 10pm on Sunday.

Emergency services massed at the scene of a serious accident in Glengowrie. A female driver is understood to have crashed into a stobie pole, knocking down power cables. Major crash investigators on the way to Diagonal Rd. @theTiser pic.twitter.com/JkpXUrDSLb

— Mitch Mott (@MitchMottTiser) April 8, 2018

SA Power networks arriving at the scene of a crash on Diagonal Rd where a car has crashed into a stobie pole knocking down power cables. @theTiser pic.twitter.com/9L7qwcbivD

— Mitch Mott (@MitchMottTiser) April 8, 2018

Police and ambulance crews arrived shortly after and paramedics treated the driver.

Nurse and local resident Julie Springbett was one of the first on the scene, quickly taking action to help the driver.

Her daughter Rhiannon Corfield, 18, said her mother did not think twice before putting herself in danger to assist the injured woman.

“They thought the car had electricity going through it (and) when Mum got to the car they were telling her not to touch it but she still opened the door,” she said.

Even as smoke filled the vehicle and bystanders feared the car may explode, Ms Corfield said her mother refused to leave the injured woman’s side.

“It was terrible,” she said. “They managed to get her out of the car.

“I could see they ... were resuscitating her so many times (but) she just died. I cried for ages — the poor family.”

The felled powerlines remained live for about an hour after the crash.

That hampered efforts by police to investigate the incident.

Dave Whitford, 55, also rushed out of his house to investigate when he heard the crash.

“I thought something had exploded,” he said. “The pole was bent in half. The car was full of smoke from the motor.”