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Driver Charged After Fatal Crash on Kangaroo Island

September 11, 2025 10:22 am in by
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A 42-year-old man from Hackham West has been arrested and charged following a fatal crash last night on Kangaroo Island.

About 11.30pm, police and emergency services were called to a single vehicle rollover on Cape Willoughby Road in Cuttlefish Bay.

The two passengers involved, a 55-year-old man from Woodcroft and a 26-year-old man from the UK, died at the scene.

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Following investigations from Major Crash officers, the driver has since been charged with two counts of cause death by careless use of a motor vehicle.

He has been bailed to appear in the Kingscote Magistrates Court in mid-November.

Anyone with information on the crash is asked to contact Crime Stoppers via their website, or on 1800 333 000.

There have now been 59 lives lost on SA roads this year, compared with 57 on the 10th of September 2024.

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