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Fatal crash at Annadale

SA Police·
Fatal crash at Annadale
Annadale, South Australia · SA Police

The release

A teenager has died following a crash at Annadale last night.

About 7.30pm on Sunday 20 September, police and emergency services were called to the Sturt Highway to reports of a crash involving a Holden utility and a Holden sedan.

Sadly, the driver of the sedan, a 17-year-old boy from Renmark died at the scene.

The passenger a 23-year-old man from Renmark was treated at the scene by SA Ambulance and conveyed to hospital with minor injuries.

The driver of the Holden utility a 17-year-old boy from Renmark was airlifted to hospital with life threatening injuries.

The Sturt Highway was closed for several hours with traffic restrictions in place but has since reopened.

Major Crash Investigators attended the scene to determine the circumstances surrounding the collision.

Anyone who was witness to the incident or who has dashcam footage that may assist with the investigation is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or on 1800 333 000 – you can remain anonymous.

The boy's life is the 80 th life lost on South Australian roads this year.

— SA Police
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Crime in the Mid Murray council area

Mid Murray is a council area in South Australia with about 9,674 residents. It has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 252nd 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 assault (51st percentile), homicide (73rd percentile), break-ins (47th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 45.

Violent
1,034 per 100k
Property
2,419 per 100k
Break-ins
589 per 100k
Theft
848 per 100k

See the full Mid Murray crime profile

2016-17: 823 per 100,0002017-18: 726 per 100,0002018-19: 621 per 100,0002019-20: 755 per 100,0002020-21: 834 per 100,0002021-22: 1,071 per 100,0002022-23: 683 per 100,0002023-24: 708 per 100,0002024-25: 1,137 per 100,0002025-26: 1,034 per 100,0002016-172021-222025-26
Recorded violent offences per 100,000 residents in Mid Murray, 2016-17 to 2025-26 — up 26% over the period. Source: recorded crime published for South Australia.

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