Man, 73, dies in crash at Lower Light on the Port Wakefield Highway

An Adelaide man, 73, has died in a car rollover on the Port Wakefield Highway. His passenger, a 71-year-old woman, was taken to hospital with injuries.

A man has died after the car he was driving rolled at Lower Light.

The crash happened about 3pm Monday, on the Port Wakefield Highway.

The driver, a Kingswood man, 73, died at the scene while a 73-year-old woman also from Kingswood was flown to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Major crash officers are investigating the circumstances of the crash.

The man’s death is the 57th life lost on SA roads this year, compared to 52 at the same time last year.

It follows a fatal crash at Port Kenny, where a nine-year-old Findon boy died on Thursday.

The car rolled on Pygery-Port Kenny Rd, and a 16-year-old passenger was taken to hospital for treatment of minor injuries.