Three people die in two separate crashes at Strathalbyn and Evanston Gardens
A woman and her mother-in-law have died in a horrific head-on collision between two cars on a notorious stretch of road near Strathalbyn. Meanwhile, a motorcyclist died in a separate crash north of Adelaide.
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Three people have died after two separate crashes on South Australian roads on Friday.
In the first incident, two women were killed in a head-on road collision near Strathalbyn.
Just after 2.30pm on Friday, two cars collided on Long Valley Road, about 4km north of the town.
The driver of a Mazda sedan – a 70-year-old woman from Strathalbyn – died at the scene.
Her mother-in-law, 85, also of Strathalbyn, was flown to the Flinders Medical Centre with critical injuries.
She died a short time later.
The male driver of a Holden Commodore sedan, 43, of Mount Barker, escaped with minor injuries.
Major Crash officers were examining the scene into Friday evening.
DEVELOPING: There is an unfolding emergency at Strathalbyn where emergency crews are at the scene of a horror crash. https://t.co/8ftPfFYTVQ @laurenrosevj #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/aTdo6cxoQB
— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) August 28, 2020
Long Valley Road is notorious for fatal crashes.
In January 2019, a woman, 46, of Mount Barker was killed in a head-on crash.
The fatal smash came less than three months after high school sweethearts Hayden Perkins, 17, and his passenger Mikayla Eastwood, 18, died after they collided with another car on the same stretch of road.
The tragedy further deepened after it emerged the driver of the other car was a teacher at Eastern Fleurieu School, where the young couple had just finished Year 12.
In a second crash on Friday evening, a motorcyclist died on Hindmarsh Boulevard at Evanston Gardens.
Police say the male rider, 24, of Evanston, crashed just after 5pm.
No other vehicles were involved in the incident and Major Crash officers are investigating.
There have now been 64 lives lost on SA roads, compared with 75 at the same time last year.
UPDATE: A 24-year-old Evanston man has died in a motorcycle crash at Evanston Gardens. No other vehicles were involved and Major Crash officers are investigating. Report in 7NEWS at 6pm. https://t.co/gYFVWBqbT0 #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/LkeMfZ3TZI
— 7NEWS Adelaide (@7NewsAdelaide) August 29, 2020
