Man, 52, dies after crashing into scrub at Carpenter Rocks in South-East

A man has been killed in a crash in the South-East on Thursday night, with police now investigating.

A man has died after his car left the road and crashed at Carpenter Rocks, in the state’s South-East, on Thursday night.

Emergency services were called to the intersection of Pelican Point Rd and Carpenter Rocks Rd after a car travelling north crashed into scrub about 11.30pm.

The 52-year-old local man and sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene.

Major Crash officers flew to the scene on Friday morning to investigate the circumstances of the crash.

There have been 63 lives lost on South Australian roads this year compared with 40 at the same time last year.

It comes after an elderly man died almost a month after being hit by a car in Adelaide’s inner south.

About 7pm on June 15, police attended an incident on Fiveash Dr at Pasadena where an 82-year-old man had been hit by a car near Day Dr.

He was taken to Flinders Medical Centre with life-threatening injuries.

On Thursday, police said the man had died from his injuries.

Originally published as Man, 52, dies after crashing into scrub at Carpenter Rocks in South-East