Truck crash on a at notorious South Eastern Freeway intersection
An out-of-control truck crashed into a wall at the bottom of Adelaide's South Eastern Freeway, disrupting traffic for hours. The driver, hailing from Millicent, sustained serious injuries in the incident. This crash has reignited debate about the safety of road users at this notorious intersection.
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00:00A too familiar sight after another crash at the intersection of Crossroad and the Southeastern
00:08Freeway.
00:09This morning's a stark reminder that this is a dangerous descent and that needs to be
00:14more training, better education, we've got to look at infrastructure.
00:18SA Police say the truck driver lost control on the freeway descent and crashed into a
00:22wall just before 4am.
00:25A 65-year-old Millicent truck driver remains in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening
00:30injuries.
00:31Once we know what's happened here, we'll be better informed about what does that long-term
00:36solution need to be, what has got to happen in addition to all the other initiatives that
00:40this government's put in place.
00:42The intersection has a long history of incidents, including fatal crashes.
00:47A coronial inquest in 2015 recommended slower speed limits for heavy vehicles and tougher
00:53penalties for truck drivers who don't use the safety ramps.
00:57The SA government says it's open to more changes.
01:01The Malinowskis government reaffirms that all options remain on the table to combat
01:06this problem and reduce the risk of it happening again.
01:09The Transport Workers Union has welcomed the federal government's budget spend of $100
01:14million to upgrade the freeway, but hopes this latest accident fuels more action to
01:19improve safety.
01:21This is the most dangerous industry in the country.
01:24We've had 79 members of our community killed on our roads just this year.
01:28Hoping to turn the corner to much-needed change.