Teen charged after three die in head-on crash in South Australia
A teenager has been charged after a head-on crash left three dead and five injured near Mount Gambier in South Australia yesterday afternoon.
Police say a Ford Territory was travelling towards home on the Princes Highway, Suttontown, when it collided with a Toyota Landcruiser just after midday.
Emergency crews attempted to treat the occupants of the Ford, a 39-year-old woman, a 77-year-old woman and an 80-year-old man all from Millicent, but they died at the scene.
Three people have died and five were injured in a horror head-on crash near Mount Gambier this afternoon. 9News
The five people in the Toyota were all taken to hospital, with one suffering critical injuries and the other four treated for non-life threatening injuries.
"The worst possible outcome," Superintendent Phil Hoff from SA Police told 9News.
"It's absolutely heartbreaking. It makes me angry as well. In the Limestone Coast this year we have not had any lives lost on our road — none. And in one fell swoop, three people have lost their lives."
The driver of the Toyota, a 16-year-old boy, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving.
Princes Highway was closed between Sassanowsky Road and Kangaroo Flat Road for much of the afternoon with a Major Crash team investigating the circumstances around the tragedy.
The deaths brought to SA road toll to 85, compared to 101 at this time last year.
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