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Three killed in crashes in outback SA and Riverland over Adelaide Cup weekend
Two people have died in a fiery outback crash in South Australia, while a man has been killed in a rollover on a private property in the Riverland.
Key points:
- Two people have died in a crash on the Stuart Highway
- Another man died in a ute rollover near Morgan
- A motorcyclist has sustained life-threatening injuries in a crash near Mount Gambier
Five other people have also been badly injured in crashes over the Adelaide Cup long weekend.
The driver of a ute — a 23-year-old man from the ACT — and the passenger of a B-double truck — a 57-year-old woman from the Adelaide suburbs of Para Vista — died when their vehicles collided about midday yesterday on the Stuart Highway at Wirraminna, in the state’s far north, between Pimba and…
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