Ceduna man, 31, dies in serious crash near Port Augusta, truck driver with serious injuries

A 31-year-old man is dead and a truck driver has serious injuries after a horror crash on the Eyre Highway at Lincoln Gap.

A 31-year-old man from Ceduna has died in a horror crash between a truck and a SUV near Port Augusta.

The crash happened at 2.15am on the Eyre Highway at Lincoln Gap, about 350km from Adelaide after a truck and a SUV collided in the early morning.

The SUV driver was the sole occupant of the car and is the 109th life lost on South Australian roads compared to the 66 lost at the same time last year.

Scene of a fatal crash west of Port Augusta at the Eyre Highway at Lincoln Gap after a truck and SUV collided. Picture: Peter Taylor

The driver and sole occupant of the Lexus SUV, a 31-year-old man from Ceduna, sadly died in the crash. Picture: Peter Taylor

The truck driver, a 60-year-old man from Quorn, was seriously injured in the crash and taken to Port Augusta Hospital.

He is now in a stable condition and is expected to be flown to Adelaide.

Major Investigators have been flown to the scene to investigate the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Trucks were queued for kilometres along the Eyre Hwy on Tuesday afternoon after a fatal crash at Lincoln Gap, west of Port Augusta. Picture: Peter Taylor

The Eyre Highway is currently closed between Caroona Road and Press Road and will remain shut for several more hours.

Caroona Road is not suitable for road trains and they will need to park up.

It comes after a cyclist, a 53-year-old man was killed on Wattle St, Fullarton.

The man was struck and pinned beneath the vehicle and dragged more than 10 metres along the road.

Originally published as Ceduna man, 31, dies in serious crash near Port Augusta, truck driver with serious injuries