Truck driver charged over Fleurieu crash that killed two women

ABC NEWS (Australia)

A truck driver has been charged over a crash which claimed the lives of two women on South Australia’s Fleurieu Peninsula. Seven others, including two children, were injured in the crash at wattle flat yesterday.

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00:00Emergency services were called to this crash just after midday, after a truck and trailer

00:07collided with three cars on Main South Road at Wattle Flat, south of Adelaide.

00:12Two women, who were rear passengers in one of the cars, both died of their injuries.

00:17A 44-year-old woman died at the scene and the second woman died later in hospital.

00:21Seven other people were injured in the crash and were all taken to hospital for treatment,

00:26including two children, a 14-year-old boy and a 10-year-old girl.

00:30We also know at least one other person, a 43-year-old man who was driving, has sustained

00:35critical injuries.

00:36The 35-year-old driver of the truck was also taken to hospital with minor injuries.

00:41The Victor Harbour man has been arrested by police and he's been charged with two counts

00:46of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing serious harm and four counts

00:51of causing harm by dangerous driving.

00:53SA Police say their investigations are continuing and have asked any witnesses to come forward.

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