Double fatality at Nuriootpa, South Australia

Investigators from Major Crash are currently at the scene of a double fatality at Nuriootpa.

Just before 2.30am on Saturday 20 March, patrols and paramedics were called to Angaston Road, after a Ford utility which had been travelling east, crashed into a tree on the southern side of the road.

The driver, a 23-year-old man and his passenger, a 20-year-old man, both from the Barossa region, died at the scene. A third passenger, who was in the rear of the utility, was airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with serious injuries.

Angaston Road is currently closed between Light Pass Road and Research Road with diversions in place.

There has now been 28 lives lost on our roads this year as compared to 25 for this time last year.

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