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Truck Driver Charged over Fatal Mannum Crash

October 19, 2026 9:16 am in by
A 76-year-old Mannum man died in a truck and car crash on Friday. Image: SAPOL

A truck driver has been charged over a fatal crash at Mannum that killed a 76-year-old local man and left his passenger seriously injured.

The 35-year-old man from Salisbury was arrested on Friday, October 16, following the collision between a truck and a SsangYong utility on Mannum Road shortly after 11am.

The utility driver died at the scene, while his 72-year-old female passenger was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

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The truck driver was not injured.

He has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and causing harm by dangerous driving, and was issued with an immediate loss of licence notice until further order.

He has been bailed to appear in the Murray Bridge Magistrates Court on Tuesday, December 15.

Major Crash investigators are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the collision.

The man’s death brings South Australia’s road toll to 88 for 2026.

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