Elderly driver dies after two-car crash at Lower Light
An elderly driver has died after a two-car crash north of Adelaide.
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An elderly driver has died after a two-car crash north of Adelaide.
Emergency services were called to Port Wakefield Rd in Lower Light, 40km north of Adelaide at 3.15pm after two cars collided.
The driver of a Toyota SUV, an 81-year-old man from Oakden, was trapped in the car before being freed.
He was flown in a critical condition to the Royal Adelaide Hospital where he died from his injuries.
The driver of the other car, a 53-year-old Rostrevor man was not injured in the crash but his passenger was treated for minor injuries.
Traffic diversions have been removed. Earlier, south-bound traffic on Port Wakefield Rd was being diverted on Frost Rd at Big Rabbit Rd.
Major Crash investigators have attended the scene.
The man’s death brings the state’s road toll to 26 compared with 17 at the same time last year.
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