An Adelaide man has been charged with two serious offences after his 34-year-old passenger died in a crash in the Adelaide Hills yesterday. 101981408
The crash happened at 6:30pm when their car hit a tree on Paracombe Road at Paracombe and the victim, from Athelstone, died at the scene.
After allegedly recording a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.145, the driver, 31, from Wynn Vale was arrested .
Senior Constable Kimberley Broad said the driver was questioned at the scene.
"We had Major Crash investigators attend and they subsequently arrested and charged the driver," she said.
The driver was charged with aggravated cause death by dangerous driving and with drink driving.
He was bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in April.
So far this year, 20 people have died on South Australia's roads, compared to six at the same time last year.
Before yesterday's death, the most recent road fatality was on Monday, from a single-car crash at Ngapala, west of Robertstown, in which a 63-year-old man from Elizabeth North died.
