Motorcyclist dead after bike and truck crash on Waterloo Corner Rd at Burton
A man has died following a crash between a motorbike and a truck in Adelaide’s northern suburbs on Wednesday night.
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A man has died following a crash between a motorbike and a truck in Adelaide’s northern suburbs on Wednesday night.
Police and emergency services were called to Waterloo Corner Rd, Burton, at 10.45pm after reports of a crash between a Suzuki motorbike and a truck.
The rider of the bike a 52-year old man from Paralowie died at the scene while the truck driver – a 53-year-old local – was not injured.
Waterloo Corner Rd was closed for several hours but has since reopened, just before 5am.
Investigators from SA Police’s Major Crash unit attended the scene to examine the circumstances of the crash.
The man’s death is the fifth life lost on South Australia roads this year.
It comes after a man riding a motorbike died in a horrific crash in Adelaide’s inner-west on earlier this month.
Emergency services were called to South Road, near the entrance to the North-South Motorway, around 3.50pm after reports of a crash that involved a motorcycle and car on the northbound lane.
A 58-year-old Golden Grove man, who was riding the motorcycle, died at the scene.
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