SA: Passenger dies when car hits tree

AAP General News (Australia)
04-26-2009
SA: Passenger dies when car hits tree

ADELAIDE, April 26 AAP - A 27-year-old man is dead after the car he was a passenger
in crashed into a tree in south Adelaide on Sunday morning.

Police said the fatal crash occurred just after 1am (CST) on Chandlers Hill Road at Happy Valley.

"A passenger in the car, a 27-year-old man from Woodcroft, died at the scene," a police
spokesman said.

"The driver of the vehicle, a man from Aberfoyle Park, was conveyed to the Flinders
Medical Centre in a critical condition."

The death takes the state's road toll so far this year to 37, compared to 30 a year ago.

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