Man dead after car hits tree and rolls at Myponga on the Fleurieu Peninsula

A 47-year-old man has died after his car hit a tree and rolled on the Fleurieu Peninsula last night.

A man has died in a shocking crash on the Fleurieu Peninsula on Wednesday night.

Emergency services were called to Pages Flat Rd, Myponga about 10.40pm.

A Ford sedan hit a tree and rolled and the driver – a 47-year-old Aldinga Beach man who was the only occupant of the vehicle – died at the scene.

A man has died after his car hit a tree at Myponga. Picture: Supplied

A police officer pictured with the car involved in the fatal crash. Picture: 7NEWS

A 47-year-old Aldinga Beach man has been killed when his car slammed into a tree and rolled on Pages Flat Road at Myponga. https://t.co/nsathOxXJv#7NEWSpic.twitter.com/y6o4z15Lfw

— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) August 29, 2024

Pages Flat Rd was closed overnight but reopened to traffic about 6am.

Major Crash investigators attended and examined the scene.

Police road markings showed the driver veered into a gum tree measuring at least six feet wide.

The car careened roughly 30m down the 100km/h road into the opposite lane, and was stopped by a small wattle tree in a ditch next to the bitumen.

Debris from the vehicle was still strewn across the road in the morning and several personal affects were also left at the scene.

A man has died after his car hit a tree at Myponga. Picture: Supplied

What appeared to be a pink dog collar was found at the scene. Picture: Supplied

They included day-to-day goods such as cigarette packets and deodorant, but also what appeared to be a pink dog collar.

Lauren Amos, 46, runs Chief Catering located a couple of hundred metres from the crash site and said that she often saw drivers exceeding the speed limit.

“When we moved here about three years ago, one of the first things our neighbours told us was be careful with the road,” Ms Amos said.

“We run a business here as well, so my husband has to reverse in our six metre van into the driveway, but people can be so impatient and just shoot past.

“It’s a racing track along here sometimes ... It really should be 80km/h between Myponga and Hindmarsh Tiers Rd.”

The man’s death is the 57th life lost on South Australian roads so far this year.

The crash is the second fatal at Myponga this month after a 75-year-old Seaford Rise man died after his car slammed into a tree on August 6.