Riddoch Highway crash: Boy, 5, dead after horror three-car smash on Riddoch Highway caused by emu collision
A five-year-old boy has died and teenager is in a critical condition after a horrific three-car pile-up in the border region of South Australia and Victoria.
Emergency services were called to the Riddoch Highway at about 2.40pm on Sunday, October 27, after reports of a three-car crash about five kilometres south of Nangwarry.
South Australia Police (SAPOL) say a Holden sedan struck an emu, which caused a Toyota station wagon to brake.
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A five-year-old boy inside the Toyota died at the scene, while a 15-year-old girl was taken to hospital with critical injuries.
The other occupants of the station wagon — a 42-year-old male driver, a 46-year-old woman, a 13-year-old girl and six-year-old boy — were taken to hospital with minor injuries. SAPOL said that all the people inside the Toyota were from Mount Gambier.
The driver of the Nissan ute which rear-ended their car, a 22-year-old male from Worrolong, was not injured but was taken to hospital as a precaution.
Meanwhile, the female driver and sole occupant of the Holden that first struck the emu suffered no injuries.
A stretch of the Riddoch Highway — from McEnroe Road to Nangwarry Road — remains closed on Monday and traffic diversions are in place.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the collision.
