{"id":105596,"date":"2024-04-02T07:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/?p=105596"},"modified":"2024-04-02T07:11:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:41:02","slug":"driver-arrested-after-fatal-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/driver-arrested-after-fatal-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver arrested after fatal crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A man has been charged following the death of two people in a fatal crash at Penola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/fiveaa-sports-show-with-rowey-bicks\/interview-caroline-wilson-28-march-2024\/embed\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"INTERVIEW: Caroline Wilson - 28 March 2024\"><\/iframe>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to SAPOL:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just after 5.15pm on Sunday 31 March, police and emergency services were called to the Riddoch Highway and Three Mile Lane after reports of a crash between a Ford sedan, a Ford ute and a Tesla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sadly, the two occupants of the Ford sedan, the 62-year-old male driver and his 54-year-old female passenger, both from Suttontown died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver and sole occupant of the Ford ute, a 51-year-old Penola man, was taken to hospital for minor injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver of the Tesla, a 42-year-old woman from Victoria, and her 69-year-old female passenger, also from Victoria, were both taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries. 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