Dennis Frazer, 77, and female passenger, 65, were killed in two-car crash near Bordertown
Dennis Frazer is being remembered as a loving Warrnambool pop and dad after he was killed in a horror two-car crash near Bordertown in SA’s south-east.
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“Adored pop” Dennis Frazer, 77, has been revealed as the man killed when the Ford vehicle he was driving collided with a Toyota near Willalooka, about 260km south-east of Adelaide on November 18.
Mr Frazer’s 65-year-old female passenger also died in the crash, at the intersection of Riddoch Hwy and McGrice Rd.
The duo from Warrnambool in Victoria became the 98th and 99th people killed on SA roads this year, compared to 61 lives lost at the same time last year.
James Bryson, 21, who was driving the Toyota, was seriously injured in the crash and has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
The Padthaway man was bailed to appear in Naracoorte Magistrates Court in January.
Mr Frazer’s grandchildren – Angus, Lola, Oscar, Emelia, Sid, Max, Zoe, Elsie and Ada – remembered him as an “adored pop”.
In a tribute, he was remembered as the “much-loved partner” of Deb, who is also deceased, the “loved father” and father-in-law of Jane and Damon, Ben and Nia, Julian and Lauren, Jessica and Chris and Simon and Maaike.
Mr Frazer was also remembered as the “loving brother and brother-in law” to Marita, Brian, Sally and Gary, who is deceased.
In a tragic week for South Australia, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens’ son Charlie was the victim of an alleged hit and run during Schoolies celebrations at Goolwa Beach on November 17.
The alleged driver of the hit-run vehicle Dhirren Singh Randhawa, 18, of Encounter Bay, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, leaving the scene of a crash after causing death and failing to truly answer questions.
Charlie, 18, was flown to Flinders Medical Centre where he was placed on life support with an irreversible brain injury but died at 7.01pm the following day. He was initially listed as the state’s 101st road toll victim, but was revised to 100th when an earlier crash death was ruled a medical episode.
Three days later, Mr Stevens penned a touching tribute, introducing South Australians to ‘101’ – his youngest son, Charlie.
A public twilight service honouring the young life of Charlie will be held on Thursday, November 30, from 7pm in the William Magarey Room at Adelaide Oval.
In lieu of flowers, the Stevens family has asked mourners to consider donating to the Operation Flinders Foundation in their son’s memory.
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