Update – Fatal crash at Pinkerton Plains

Source: South Australia Police

Police and emergency services have responded to a single motorcycle crash at Pinkerton Plains, northwest of Gawler.

A motorcyclist has died following a crash at Pinkerton Plains, northwest of Gawler this morning.

About 6am on Monday 3 November, police were called to Currie and Oliver Roads at Pinkerton Plains after reports a motorcyclist crashed through a fence and into a paddock.

The rider, a 53-year-old man from Port Adelaide, sadly died at the scene.

Major Crash Investigators attended to examine the circumstances surrounding the crash.

Currie Road was closed between Coleman Road and Mudla Wirra Road along with intersecting side roads but has now been reopened.

The man’s death is the 75th life lost on SA roads this year.