A two-year-old girl is dead and a six-year-old is in hospital with serious injuries after a car accident north of Adelaide.
A Mitsubishi SUV collided with a parked tyre truck at Shea-Oak Log on Wednesday morning around 10:45 am, according to police.
The two-year-old girl was a passenger in the car and died at the scene.
A six-year-old girl, who was also a passenger, was taken to Women’s and Children’s Hospital with serious injuries.
The driver, a 63-year-old woman, was airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with serious injuries.
According to Seven News, the woman was the grandmother of the two girls.
Reports reveal that motorists attempted to help the two-year-old girl before paramedics arrived, and the toddler was cut from the car wreck by emergency services.
Following the accident, the Sturt Highway was blocked off for several hours for northbound traffic, while Major Crash investigators examined the scene.
“Major Crash Investigators want to speak with anyone who may have seen a light rigid tyre repair truck stopped on the northern side of the Sturt highway between 10.30 am and 10.43 am this morning,” SA Police said in a statement.
