Man dies in fatal car crash at Lochiel in South Australia’s Mid North

A 46-year-old man has died in the state’s Mid North after his car hit a tree near Lochiel.

A car has hit a tree in a fatal crash at Lochiel. Picture: File

A man has died in a car crash near Lochiel in the state’s Mid North.

Police and emergency services were called to Augusta Highway around 11.30am on Sunday after a Toyota station wagon hit a tree at the intersection of Diagonal Rd.

The sole occupant of the vehicle, a 46-year-old man from Risdon Park, Port Pirie, died at the scene.

A 46-year-old man died in a horror crash at Lochiel. Picture: 7NEWS

Augusta Highway was closed between Blyth and Barunga Gap roads while Major Crash Investigation Branch officers examined the site of the collision.

It follows a separate crash on the Augusta Highway near Snowtown that cost the life of a 79-year-old woman when her car collided with a truck on Thursday.

Sunday’s crash came after a 21-year-old pedestrian was struck by a car and killed at Aldinga Beach on Saturday night.

The deaths took the number of lives lost this year on South Australian roads to 51, compared with 66 at the same time last year.