Police Are Responding To Fatal Crash At Ridleyton

A man has died in hospital following a crash in Ridleyton on Monday.

At 6pm Monday 17 February emergency services were called to the intersection of Torrens Road and Blight Street after reports of a collision between a Nissan sedan that had been travelling north on Blight Street and a gopher that had been travelling south on Torrens Road.

The driver of the Nissan, a 29-year-old Port Augusta West woman, was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The rider of the gopher, a 79-year-old Brompton man, was taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.

Today, Thursday 20 February, the man sadly died in hospital.

Major Crash officers are investigating the circumstances surrounding the crash.

The man's death is the 17th Life Lost on SA Roads this year.

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