Driver charged for crash that left children in hospital in the state’s South-East

A 70-year-old woman has been arrested and charged after a caravan crash in the state’s South-East put two children in hospital.

A 70-year-old Queensland woman has been arrested and charged with aggravated driving after a horror crash in the state’s South-East on Friday.

On the first day of the long weekend, emergency services were called to the intersection of Avenue Range Rd and Crowder Rd, near Lucindale, after reports of a two car crash, about 4pm.

One car was towing a caravan wat the time of the collision.

A 40-year-old female driver of a Toyota SUV sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries and was taken to Mt Gambier Hospital after the crash.

She was later flown to Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Emergency services at the scene of a two-car crash at Avenue Range on Friday March 10. Picture: SA Police

Emergency services at the scene of a two-car crash at Avenue Range on Friday March 10. Picture: SA Police

Her passengers – two children aged 7 and 9 – did not sustain any life-threatening injuries, but were also taken to Mt Gambier Hospital for abdominal pain.

The 70-year-old driver who was towing a caravan at the time of the crash, was taken to Naracoorte Hospital after sustaining non-life threatening injuries.

Following an investigation into the crash, the 70-year-old woman, from Queensland, was arrested and charged with aggravated driving without due care causing harm and failing to give way, on Sunday, March 12.

Emergency services at the scene of a two-car crash at Avenue Range on Friday March 10. Picture: SA Police

She was bailed to appear in the Naracoorte Magistrates Court on May 17.

This comes after three major crashes happened across Adelaide in the span of an hour on Thursday morning, leaving two people in hospital.

Originally published as Driver charged for crash that left children in hospital in the state’s South-East