South Australia Police

Update: Dukes Highway open The Dukes Highway has been reopened to all traffic following a fatal crash near Coomandook in the State's south-east yesterday afternoon. Just before 2pm on Saturday 11 January, Police and emergency services were called to the Dukes Highway just north of Coomandook after a Semi-Trailer and a Toyota Yaris collided head-on. The male driver and only occupant of the car died at the scene. The truck driver wasn't injured in the collission. The Dukes Highway was closed for several hours while Major Crash Investigators examined the scene, but was reopened to traffic at about 11.30pm last night. Two lives have now been lost on our roads this calendar year compared to four at the same time last year. (Feed generated with FetchRSS)