Fatal crash at Port Germein
The release
About 3.20pm on Sunday 27 September, emergency services were called to the Augusta Highway after reports of a crash involving a Toyota sedan and a truck.
The driver of the Toyota, a 63-year-old woman from Napperby, died at the scene.
The driver of the truck, a 29-year-old Angle Vale man, was not injured.
Major Crash officer attended the scene to examine the circumstances of the collision.
Roads were closed in the area for several hours but have since reopened.
The woman’s death is the 84 th life lost on SA roads this year.
— SA PoliceCrime in the Mount Remarkable council area
Mount Remarkable is a council area in South Australia with about 2,861 residents. It has a Crime Score 18 out of 100 (very low), 342nd 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 robbery (42nd percentile), assault (20th percentile), break-ins (21st percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 15.
- Violent
- 804 per 100k
- Property
- 1,503 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 280 per 100k
- Theft
- 315 per 100k
See the full Mount Remarkable crime profile
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