CANBERRA, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Three people have died and two others have been hospitalized with serious injuries following a collision between a truck and a sedan in South Australia (SA) on Tuesday.
The SA police force said in a statement on Wednesday that emergency services were called to the collision in the town of Birdwood, 35 km east of Adelaide, around 1:40 p.m. local time on Tuesday.
Three passengers in the sedan died at the scene.
The driver of the sedan suffered life-threatening injuries and was hospitalized, as was a fourth passenger with serious injuries.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that they were both cut from the wreckage of the vehicle by emergency services before being airlifted to the hospital.
Police said that the driver of the truck was not physically injured and was assisting with the investigation.
The incident takes the number of deaths on SA roads so far in 2026 to 26. ■
