SA Police release images of two cars, in an appeal for witnesses to CBD pedestrian death

SA Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a 65-year-old man was fatally hit by a car in the CBD on Sunday.

South Australia Police have released images and are looking to speak to the drivers of two cars seen in Adelaide’s CBD, after a pedestrian was hit and killed on Sunday night.

Police said the cars are not believed to be involved in the collision, but are appealing to the drivers to come forward, and anyone else who may have witnessed the incident.

A 61-year-old man has since been charged with causing death by careless driving, after a 65-year-old Adelaide man was struck and killed at the scene.

Emergency services were called to the corner of Wakefield and Frome streets, in the city’s east, just after 9:30pm following reports that two cars had hit a pedestrian.

Emergency services were called to the corner of Frome and Wakefield Streets just after 9:30pm after reports that this Mazda wagon also hit a pedestrian. The Nissan 4WD is in the background. Picture: Andrew Hough

SA Police want to speak to the driver of a white SUV, who may be a witness after a pedestrian was hit and killed in Adelaide's CBD on Sunday night.

SA Police want to speak to the driver of a dark sedan with a spoiler on the rear, who may be a witness after a man was hit and killed in Adelaide's CBD on Sunday night.

Police say the pedestrian was crossing Wakefield St when a Nissan four-wheel drive struck him before a second vehicle, a Mazda station wagon, also hit the victim.

Following the initial collision between the Nissan utility and the pedestrian, a dark sedan with a spoiler on the rear and a white SUV were seen in CCTV footage, passing through the collision scene in a westerly direction.

The driver of the Nissan, a 61-year-old Mitchell Park man, was arrested by Major Crash officers and charged with causing death by careless driving.

The man was bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on June 18.

The driver of the Mazda, a 20-year-old Hillcrest man, is assisting police with their inquiries.

The Nissan 4WD, which first struck the pedestrian, left. Picture: Andrew Hough,

Police interviewed more than a dozen witnesses including other motorists, who declined to speak at the scene.

One local reported hearing loud screams.

Wakefield St, which is considered one of the CBD’s main thoroughfares, was shut while officers investigated the scene overnight.

Paint marks left by police investigators along the stretch of Wakefield St. Picture: Sam Lowe

Police tape still hanging from nearby poles after Sunday night's fatal crash. Picture: Sam Lowe

A man has been charged with causing death by careless driving after a pedestrian was struck and killed on Wakefield St inthe city on Sunday night. Picture: Sam Lowe

Police at the scene on Wakefield St after a pedestrian was struck and killed. Picture: Sam Lowe

Rob, a resident on Wakefield St, said he saw several fire trucks and police cars at the intersection of Frome St on Sunday night.

“My wife and I could see out our upstairs window that they were giving the guy CPR,” he said.

“You knew which were the cars that hit him because they were the odd ones out.”

Major crash investigators attended the scene about 9.30am on Monday, 12 hours after the crash, to speak to nearby businesses and residents.

The thoroughfare returned to its busy state on Monday morning, with little remnant of the horror crash less than 12 hours earlier.

Police tape was still hanging from nearby poles and paint marks along the stretch of Wakefield St in front of Century 21, on the southern side of the road, showed where investigators had been on scene.

The pedestrian’s death is the 23rd life lost on South Australian roads so far this year.

Originally published as SA Police release images of two cars, in an appeal for witnesses to CBD pedestrian death