A driver has been arrested and a youth has died, after a fatal crash at Penfield overnight.
Just after 9.30pm, patrols tried to stop a Holden Commodore on Petherton Road, Andrews Farm after it was identified the car was currently defected, however the driver failed to stop. Police did not pursue the car and lost sight of it.
A few minutes later, patrols and emergency crews were called to the Edinburgh RAAF Base on Andrews Road at Penfield, after the same car had crashed into a fence. Three people were seen running from the car and a passenger was found lying on the ground next to the Holden. The 17-year-old from Craigmore was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital but sadly died a short time later.
Patrols, with the assistance of PolAir and RAAF personnel searched the base and located the three seen running from the car. The driver, a 16-year-old from Craigmore, was arrested and taken to the Lyell McEwin Hospital with minor injuries. He is expected to be charged later today. The remaining two passengers, a 21-year-old man from Melton in Victoria and an 18-year-old woman from Elizabeth South, were both taken to the Lyell McEwin Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Investigators from Major Crash attended the scene and investigations are continuing.
The teenager’s death is the 53rd life lost on our roads this year as compared to 68 for this time last year.
