{"id":730071,"date":"2026-06-11T17:19:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/730071\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T17:19:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T17:19:18","slug":"road-horror-three-dead-in-an-hour-taking-sa-road-toll-to-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/730071\/","title":{"rendered":"Road horror: Three dead in an hour taking SA road toll to 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three people have been killed in three separate crashes in less than an hour across South Australia<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Major Crash investigators were stretched from the Murraylands to the Fleurieu Peninsula and Adelaide\u2019s north.<\/p>\n

A rider was killed when his motorbike crashed into a building and caught fire at Langhorne Creek about 9am.<\/p>\n

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About 9.45am an Adelaide woman was hit and killed by a garbage truck while walking to a bus stop in the city\u2019s northern suburbs, and just minutes later a driver died in a fiery collision with a road train on a busy major highway.<\/p>\n

The three deaths take the state\u2019s road toll to 50.<\/p>\n

The pedestrian has been identified as Mel Whiteford-Hall, 23, who was just metres from her home at Modbury en route to work in the city\u2019s East End when she was hit by a garbage truck.<\/p>\n

Police say the 48\u2011year\u2011old truck driver from Prospect was not physically injured. <\/p>\n

He has been reported for careless driving causing death, issued with an instant loss of licence and will be summonsed to appear in court at a later date.<\/p>\n

Emergency Services Minister Rhiannon Pearce said: \u201cMy heart goes out not only to the families impacted, the individuals impacted, and the communities, but the first responders that go out to attend to these scenarios as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

As police and emergency services were responding to that incident, a man was killed when his Hyundai sedan and a road train carrying hay collided on the Dukes Hwy at Elwomple, south of Tailem Bend, about 9.50am. <\/p>\n

\"AnAn Adelaide man died at the scene of a crash on the Dukes Hwy. Credit: 7NEWS\"AA \u00a043\u2011year\u2011old Nangkita man riding the bike died at the scene of a crash at Langhorne Creek. Credit: 7NEWS<\/p>\n

Police said both the car and truck \u201ccaught fire on impact\u201d, with CFS crews spending several hours fighting the blaze as it continued to burn.<\/p>\n

The driver of the Hyundai, a man from the Adelaide suburb of Paradise, died at the scene while the truck driver escaped injury. <\/p>\n

Dukes Hwy was closed between Mallee Hwy and Tynan Rd for most of Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Earlier, a rider was killed when his BMW motorcycle crashed into a building at a popular winery at Langhorne Creek and caught fire about 9am.<\/p>\n

The rider, a 43\u2011year\u2011old man from Nangkita man, died at the scene. Longhorne Creek Rd remained closed for several hours while investigators examined the site.<\/p>\n

Major Crash investigators are probing all three incidents.<\/p>\n

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