Two people have died in a horror head-on collision between a truck and a car north of Adelaide.
Emergency services rushed to the crash site in Magdala, about 70 kilometers north of the South Australian capital, at around 2pm on Friday.
According to rescuers, a ute and a Toyota truck collided on Owen Road before hitting a pole and knocking down power lines.
“Sadly, two occupants of the van, a 67-year-old man and a 63-year-old woman from the local region, died at the scene,” a South African police spokesperson said on Saturday.
Two people died after a truck and a van collided in Magdala, 70 kilometers north of Adelaide. Image: 7NEWS
“The driver of the truck, a 65-year-old man from Smithfield, was not injured in the accident.”
Owen Rd was closed until 12:30am Saturday.
Leading accident investigators are investigating the cause of the accident.
The deaths of the man and woman mark the 35th and 36th lives lost on South Australian roads this year.
