Man killed in multi-vehicle crash on Southern Expressway in Adelaide

Summer Woolley
7NEWS
A man has died in a multi-vehicle crash,
A man has died in a multi-vehicle crash, Credit: 7NEWS

A man has died in a multi-vehicle crash that caused long traffic delays along Adelaide’s Southern Expressway.

Emergency services were called to the freeway at Huntfield Heights to reports of a crash involving a truck and four cars about 4.50pm on Friday.

A 58-year-old Christies Beach man was behind the wheel of a green Ford Falcon. He died at the scene.

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The drivers of three cars and a truck, also involved in the crash, were taken to hospital where they are being treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Southbound lanes on the Southern Expressway and northbound lanes on Main South Road were closed whilst Major Crash officers examined the scene.

The man’s death is the 44th life lost on South Australian roads this year.

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