Fatal Hills motorcycle crash takes 2024 road toll to 90


Dec 31, 2024, updated Dec 31, 2024
File photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily
File photo: Tony Lewis / InDaily

A 69-year-old Mount Barker man has died in hospital following a collision between his motorcycle and a car.

Police said just before 10.30 am on 21 December, police and emergency services were called to Forreston Road after reports of a collision between a Volkswagen station wagon and a Suzuki motorcycle.

The motorcycle rider was taken to hospital with “serious injuries”, police said.

“Sadly, the man died in hospital today,” a police statement said.

The driver of the Volkswagen and two passengers were treated for minor injuries. A third passenger was uninjured.

The Mount Barker man is the 90th person to die on South Australian roads this year.

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