Truck, three cars collide on Main South Rd at Wattle Flat

A witness has described the horror of a multi-vehicle crash involving three cars and a truck that left two dead and several people in hospital.

A witness has recounted the devastating aftermath of a horror multi-vehicle crash on the Fleurieu Peninsula, which killed two people, saying the scene was “like a bomb had gone off”.

A truck and three vehicles collided on Main South Rd at Wattle Flat, about 68km south of Adelaide, at about 12.15pm on Monday.

The crash closed the main thoroughfare between the towns of Myponga and Yankalilla for several hours while Major Crash Unit detectives investigated the circumstances around the accident.

One woman was confirmed dead at the scene and annother woman died later in hospital.

Seven others remain in hospital.

Normanville resident Gavin Schubert, 72, drove past the crash scene and described it as “horrific”.

Police and emergency services have rushed to Main South Rd on Wattle Flat, after a crash between multiple cars and a truck. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe

Two women died in the crash. Picture: Naomi Jellicoe

Two rescue helicopters were tasked to the incident, each transporting one person to the Flinders Medical Centre and the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Picture: 7NEWS

Mr Schubert said about 10 minutes had passed from the reported time of the crash and paramedics were working on the injured.

“It was like a bomb had gone off,” Mr Schubert said.

“There was one car in a driveway that looked like it had been hit in the driver’s seat, and there was a ute, and the ambulance got working on (a man inside), and another car finished up in the guard rails.

“The truck was on its side and there was concrete everywhere on the road, which makes me think it was coming from a demolition (site).

“It threw me while I was driving – you don’t expect to see that.”

Main South Rd was closed to all traffic between Main St at Yankalilla and Forktree Rd at Myponga.

It’s understood the driver of the truck was returning home from Adelaide after picking up a load of rubbish from a dump before jack knifing and partly tipping over.

Other motorists passing through the aftermath of the crash saw paramedics trying to help a trapped driver of the ute.

The two incidents – a crash and a shocking near miss – were on the same stretch of road, a day apart.

Another vehicle had its side torn off, while a third car was wedged against a barrier.

Locals say the stretch of road where the accident happened is notorious for close calls, especially on its bends.

The crash was just a kilometre away from where another terrifying close call involving a truck occurred on the same road on Sunday.

In that disturbing incident, dashcam footage shows a truck carrying live sheep pulling into oncoming traffic to avoid a 4WD, which had to slow for a bike.

Video showed the truck crossing double-lines over a bridge as it swerved to avoid a 4WD, which had come to a sudden stop after coming up behind a peddle trike.

The vision showed the truck pulling into oncoming traffic and nearly ploughing into an approaching vehicle.

Ugly Dog Transport owner/manager Luke Bruce told The Advertiser the truck driver had contacted him “straight after it happened”.

“I was sent the footage this morning and had a meeting with drivers reminding them about the hazards on the road,” Mr Bruce said.

He said the footage showed that even if the 4WD wasn’t in front of the truck, his driver would have had “no option but to cross the double white lines to avoid the peddle trike on the narrow bridge”.

“The truck was trying to avoid the white 4WD that had to suddenly stop after coming across the peddle bike on a narrow bridge, through a windy road,” Mr Bruce said.

“(On) that section of the road there are a lot of narrow bridges, overhanging trees and tight corners and the sooner this road gets an upgrade the better.”

He said no livestock were injured.

SAPOL said police from the Heavy Vehicle Enforcement Unit were aware of the footage and were investigating the truck driver’s actions.

They said the driver filming the incident had avoided a serious crash with their “evasive action”.