75-year-old man suffers non-life threatening injuries in Currency Creek crash

An elderly man is in hospital after crashing his SUV into a tree at Currency Creek on Wednesday.

An elderly man is in hospital after a crash at Currency Creek on Wednesday.

Just after 12.30pm, police were called to a serious crash on Myrtlegrove Rd after reports a car had crashed into a tree.

Police said the driver and sole occupants of a Nissan SUV, a 75-year-old man, was taken to Flinders Medical Centre with non-life threatening injuries and underwent a routine blood test.

Myrtlegrove Rd was closed in both directions but has since reopened.

A man in his 70s was flown to hospital after a serious crash at Currency Creek. Picture: 7NEWS

Emergency services at the scene of the crash. Picture: 7NEWS

Investigations into circumstances surrounding the crash were continuing.

Meanwhile, a 46-year-old woman suffered serious injuries in an incident at Gemmels on Wednesday morning.

Emergency services were called to Long Valley Rd about 10.45am after reports a woman had jumped out of a car, in what police were treating as a mental health-related incident.

She was flown to Flinders Medical Centre.

Long Valley Rd has since reopened to traffic.

This comes two days after a two-vehicle collision at Reedy Creek near Kingston, in SA’s Limestone Coast.

Shortly before 10am on Monday, emergency services were called to the Princes Highway.

A 19-year-old male driver, from Victoria, and his 14-year-old passenger were both taken to Kingston Hospital.

The 19-year-old was later flown to Adelaide in a serious condition.