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Driver smashes into airport | Man hit by bus at Elizabeth Grove | Drink driver 7 times over

A young man has been seriously injured after crashing into a building at Adelaide Airport. Meanwhile, a driver who has never held a licence has been caught seven times the legal alcohol limit.

A man has been rushed to hospital after suffering serious burns at Evanston Park. File: picture.
A man has been rushed to hospital after suffering serious burns at Evanston Park. File: picture.

A young man is in hospital after a crashing into a building near Adelaide Airport.

The incident happened just after 2pm Sunday, after the car crashed into a building at Comley St and Export Park.

The driver, a St Morris man, 23, was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

The vehicle involved was wrecked and police are investigating circumstances that led to the crash.

A driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries after his car slammed into a building at Adelaide Airport. Police were called to Comley St around 2pm after the Volkswagen hatchback left the road and crashed into a wall. Picture: 7NEWS
A driver was taken to hospital with serious injuries after his car slammed into a building at Adelaide Airport. Police were called to Comley St around 2pm after the Volkswagen hatchback left the road and crashed into a wall. Picture: 7NEWS

Hours earlier, a high range drink driver who never held a driver’s licence was caught in the state’s Mid North.

Patrols stopped a Mitsubishi sedan on the Augusta Highway at Warnertown about 10am Sunday and breath tested the driver, a Port Augusta man, 27.

He returned a positive reading of 0.352, more than seven times the legal limit of 0.05, and checks revealed he never held a licence and was wanted on an outstanding warrant.

The man was arrested and his car was impounded, he will appear in the Port Pirie Magistrates Court on Monday.

Later on Sunday, a man suffered serious injuries after being hit by a bus at Elizabeth Grove.

The man was struck at the intersection of Haydown Rd and Main North Rd about 1.30pm Sunday.

The pedestrian from Elizabeth South, 56, was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

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