Woman killed after Springton Rd crash in Pewsey Vale

A second person has been killed on the road during a horror start to South Australia’s Christmas holidays.

A 74-year-old woman has died after her car crashed into an embankment in the Eden Valley.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene on Springton Rd in Pewsey Vale.

Major Crash Investigators are looking into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Roads near the incident were closed during the afternoon but have since reopened.

An elderly woman has died after her car crashed down an embankment at Pewsey Vale, on the outskirts of the Barossa Valley. Picture: 7NEWS

She is the 85th person killed on South Australian roads this year.

It came just hours after another woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash at Copley on Sunday morning.

Another woman, aged 45, was also killed in a crash in Swan Reach on Friday night.

Originally published as Woman killed after Springton Rd crash in Pewsey Vale