A Queensland truck driver, who allegedly caused a seven-vehicle crash on the South Eastern Freeway last year, has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him.
Ross Hicks, 61, pleaded not guilty via phone to the Adelaide Magistrates Court to one charge of endangering life, nine charges of causing harm by dangerous driving and one charge of failing to use a low gear.
Police have alleged Mr Hicks was not authorised to drive the Mitsubishi truck which allegedly crashed into six stationary cars and a passenger bus when it was unable to stop at the bottom of the South Eastern Freeway in July 2022.
The Queensland truck driver was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries before he was arrested in July last year.
Nine people received minor injuries in the crash at the intersection of Portrush and Cross roads, while another five were not injured.
Police have previously said it was "absolutely miraculous" that no-one was killed or seriously injured.
The notorious intersection has been the site of multiple fatal crashes in the past decade involving trucks unable to stop on the steep freeway into suburban Adelaide.
Mr Hicks is expected to appear in Adelaide for his arraignment in June.
