Man dies in quad bike crash on private property at Tungkillo, 60km east of Adelaide

A man has died after a devastating crash on a rural property involving a quad bike, SafeWork SA has confirmed.

A man has died after a crash on a private property in the state’s Mid Murray region involving a quad bike.

The alarm was raised just before 8am after reports a Polaris – a type of all-terrain vehicle – had rolled over at a property on Collins Rd at Tungkillo, about 60km east of Adelaide.

The rider, a 52-year-old man from Woodside, sustained serious injuries in the crash and died at the scene.

A few hours later, a SafeWork SA spokesman confirmed it been notified that a man had died while using a quad bike on the property.

“Investigators and inspectors are attending the scene to make inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident,” he said.

There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and police will be preparing a report for the State Coroner.

It comes after a 77-year-old man died in the South-East in September after two ATVs crashed.

Originally published as Man dies in quad bike crash on private property at Tungkillo, 60km east of Adelaide