Driver arrested over Riverland crash
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Police have arrested a man following the investigation into a serious crash at Lowbank, in the Riverland, earlier this month.
Emergency services responded to a two-car crash on the Sturt Highway, east of Waikerie, at 1.45am on Saturday 10 October.
The driver of the ute, an 18-year-old Waikerie man, was treated for non-life threatening injuries.
The driver of the sedan, a 55-year-old NSW man, was airlifted to hospital in Adelaide with serious injuries.
As a result of investigations, the Waikerie man was arrested on Wednesday and charged with causing harm by dangerous driving. He was bailed to appear in the Berri magistrates court on 23 November.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Loxton Waikerie council area
Loxton Waikerie is a council area in South Australia with about 11,971 residents. It has a Crime Score 35 out of 100 (low), 272nd of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (67th percentile), assault (38th percentile), break-ins (51st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 39.
- Violent
- 827 per 100k
- Property
- 2,306 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 560 per 100k
- Theft
- 718 per 100k
See the full Loxton Waikerie crime profile
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