Young boy hospitalised after woman killed in crash at Western Flat in SA’s rural east

The driver hit a tree in the single-vehicle crash and did not survive.

By Hayley Taylor

A woman travelling with a little boy was killed when she crashed into a tree on Naracoorte Rd at Western Flat.

Young boy hospitalised after woman killed in crash at Western Flat in SA’s rural east

The driver hit a tree in the single-vehicle crash and did not survive.

By Hayley Taylor

A young boy was found injured in a car after a single-vehicle crash killed the driver on Friday.

A 34-year-old woman from Mount Gambier crashed a Mitsubishi SUV into a tree on Naracoorte Rd at Western Flat, 15-minutes south of Bordertown in South Australia’s far east, about 8pm.

She died at the crash site, SA Police said.

Her seven-year-old passenger was taken to hospital with minor physical injuries.

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Naracoorte Rd was closed to traffic for several hours while investigators analysed the scene.

The woman’s death is the 48th life lost on South Australian roads this year.

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