Driver charged over high-speed crash that killed two, including senior police officer
A 20-year-old man involved in a fatal collision which took the lives of two women on Anzac Day has today been arrested and charged with numerous offences, SA's Police Commissioner says.His parents released a statement on Friday saying they had been worried about his mental healthCommissioner Grant Stevens told media at a daily coronavirus press briefing that the young man,He was also charged with one count of causing harm.
Chief Superintendent Shanahan's husband Peter was driving the Holden SUV she was a passenger in at the time, but he escaped with non-life-threatening injuries.The driver of the Volkswagen ute, Mr Kitt, was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with life-threatening injuries. "Harry was not himself and his behaviour had become so uncharacteristic that just a short time before the accident, one of his friends had called us to express his concerns for Harry's welfare."SA Police Chief Superintendent Joanne Shanahan was killed in a crash at Urrbrae on Saturday.
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