{"id":744605,"date":"2026-06-18T14:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744605\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:16:10","slug":"afl-2026-tony-modra-very-seriously-injured-in-cattle-truck-crash-adelaide-and-fremantle-icon-hospitalised-what-happened-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/744605\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL 2026: Tony Modra very seriously injured in cattle truck crash, Adelaide and Fremantle icon hospitalised, what happened, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AFL icon Tony Modra is in a very serious condition after being involved in a crash involving his cattle truck on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Adelaide and Fremantle great, best-known for his high-flying marks, was airlifted to Flinders Medical Centre and is believed to be fighting for life.<\/p>\n<p>Watch every match of every round of the AFL Premiership Season LIVE and ad-break free during play on FOX FOOTY, available on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome\/afl?extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkafl-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-afl-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra\" title=\"kayosports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Join now and get your first month for just $1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA truck driver has been seriously injured after a crash at Back Valley,\u201d SA Police said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbout 5.15pm on Thursday 18 June, police and emergency services responded to reports of that a truck had crashed into a tree on Range Road, Back Valley, about 10 kilometres west of Victor Harbor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe driver and sole occupant of the truck, a 57-year-old Waitpinga man, was taken to hospital for treatment for serious injuries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTraffic restrictions were in place for several hours, however the road has since fully re-opened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Modra with the Sheffield Shield at the Peterborough Hotel. Picture: Ben ClarkSource: News Corp AustraliaAdelaide Crows v Sydney Swans. Football Park. Tony Modra takes a mark.Source: News Corp Australia<\/p>\n<p>Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir sent his best wishes to Modra and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty fresh for me&#8230; obviously (Modra is) a big part of the Freo family,\u201d Longmuir said on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll I can say is I wish him and his family well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully he can pull through. I\u2019m thinking of him, we\u2019re all thinking of him and his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThoughts are with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Modra played 165 AFL games, kicking 558 goals, with 118 games at the Crows and then 47 at the Dockers.<\/p>\n<p>He was twice named an All-Australian and led his club goalkicking six times, taking Mark of the Year three times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AFL icon Tony Modra is in a very serious condition after being involved in a crash involving his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":744606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,85,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-744605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-sports","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=744605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/744605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/744606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=744605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=744605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=744605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}