Busted: Driver hit with $27k in fines for driving while texting
More than 28,000 South Aussies have been stung so far on their mobile phones while driving – with one driver racking up an incredible bill.
Arrive Alive
Nine surgeries: Horror at woman’s truck crash injuries
What started as a routine trip to the gym became a nightmare of surgeries for this Adelaide IT expert after she was knocked over by a truck.
Woman killed in early morning hit run
A woman has been killed and another arrested following a hit and run in the state’s north.
Driver blows unbelievable alcohol reading on same day as double fatal
A woman has hit two cars in an Adelaide shopping centre, then allegedly recorded a breath test so extreme that experts say it could kill you.
Story Shorts
Two dead after multi-vehicle crash in Fleurieu Peninsula
‘A kangaroo smashed through my windscreen’
Road crash survivor on why he shows his scars
Good Samaritan yanks lifeless man from burning wreckage – While I Was Sleeping
‘Die trying’ to save crash victim – While I Was Sleeping trailer 2
While I Was Sleeping trailer – How Ben Hyde survived a catastrophic car crash
000 call: Witness’ call after car crashes into Ben Hyde
Second fatality for Eykelenburg family in horror highway crash
Second woman dies on SA roads in one day
A second person has been killed on the road during a horror start to South Australia’s Christmas holidays.
Woman, 45, dies after car collides with tree
A Swan Reach woman has become the 83rd person to die on SA roads this year after crashing into a tree.
Motorcyclist seriously injured in Hills crash
Roads are closed as SA Police investigate a serious crash involving a car and a motorcyclist.
‘Split-second decision’: The burger that cost Odetta her life
Odetta Maxwell, 25, will never meet her sister’s new child – all because of one moment on our roads. Here, her family pleads for change.
Olympian Rohan Dennis makes stunning admission over wife’s death
One of Australia’s top sportsmen has admitted to being “recklessly indifferent” but not responsible for the death of his Olympian wife.
‘A kangaroo smashed through my windscreen on SA country trip’
When a kangaroo crashed through the front windscreen of Jodie Mannix’s car, it changed her life forever.
She lost her leg. He paid a small fine: ‘It’s a smack in the mouth’
Vivienne Duffett doesn’t recall the crash that cost her a limb, but she remembers her reaction to discovering the price the driver who caused it paid.
Woman allegedly killed Lyell Mac volunteer while driving on drugs
A young woman charged with fatally running down an elderly pedestrian on her 79th birthday had drugs in her system at the time, a court has heard.
Italian blogger learns fate over triple-fatal SA crash
Honeymooning international travel blogger Gabriele Cairo has been sentenced for killing three people in a horror car crash.
‘Genuine nice bloke’: Crash victim identified as community mourns
The man killed in a horror highway smash over which a truckie has been charged is being remembered as a treasured member of the Australian swap-meet and collectable community.
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