A teenage reveller from Adelaide\u2019s northern suburbs has died after a horror double car crash on the city\u2019s busiest party strip while on a night out with his \u201cdevastated\u201d mates. <\/p>\n
In what a friend described as \u201cevery parent\u2019s worst nightmare\u201d, the talented footballer, 18, was struck by two cars at 10.50pm on Saturday as dozens of partygoers, and his friends, watched in horror.<\/p>\n
The teen, from Greenwith, in the northeastern suburbs, was first hit by a Toyota sedan before he fell into the path of a Ford four-wheel-drive. <\/p>\n
He died shortly after in the Royal Adelaide Hospital. <\/p>\n
Friends paid tribute last night to the young man, who is understood to have attended a prominent Adelaide college.<\/p>\n
They said he had recently turned 18 and was enjoying an innocent night out with his wide group of friends. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt is devastating,\u201d one said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is all still pretty raw. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re just trying to wrap our arms around everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n
His death sparked calls for further traffic restrictions along Adelaide\u2019s most popular party precinct.<\/p>\n
Hayley Eylward, of Aldinga, said officers struggled to keep large groups of drunk people at bay after emergency services rushed to Hindley St, outside its police station.<\/p>\n
Hindley St was closed for more than three hours during its busiest period while investigators examined the scene and the circumstances leading up to the tragedy. <\/p>\n
Adelaide City Council has set aside funding to upgrade the street by 2030. But one councillor, Mary Couros, yesterday said it required an urgent safety overhaul. <\/p>\n
She called for installing bollards and closing the street to traffic on Friday and Saturday nights. \u201cWe want our youth to be safe on this street,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
She said the council was investigating measures such as pedestrian safety, pavement exten\u00adsion and more access\u00adibility for Uber and taxi drivers. <\/p>\n
Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis said: \u201cThis young man had his whole life ahead of him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government\u2019s working with the council to try and see what we can do about these unnecessary pedestrian fatalities (on Hindley St).\u201d<\/p>\n
Anyone who witnessed the crash and hasn\u2019t yet spoken with police is urged to contact Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or on 1800 333 000 and quote #200379.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenage reveller from Adelaide\u2019s northern suburbs has died after a horror double car crash on the city\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64066,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[76454,53604,65370,76400,76447,31771,77350,18422,76453,36695,76436,40465,76444,76459,50402,76415,38814,395,5639,77346,76422,76446,77340,76461,35614,2331,38020,77349,1612,76425,77341,1819,76397,76426,49627,2454,76448,39855,43094,76394,76457,8951,7591,77337,36671,76393,77345,77348,43201,76407,41125,76451,57707,9716,25531,40720,76439,47708,77344,77336,76403,76409,77339,76458,16821,77342,67299,29115,38099,36676,38322,41672,23380,76441,46507,45712,37168,38893,53672,77347,44693,54627,76402,76421,76390,2223,77338,69094,19723,30310,76389,77343,40605],"class_list":["post-64065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-s-busiest-party-strip-while","tag-s-hindley-st","tag-s-northern-suburbs","tag-s-worst-nightmare","tag-10-50pm","tag-31771","tag-18-year-old","tag-18422","tag-a-ford-four-wheel-drive","tag-a-friend","tag-a-horror-double-car-crash","tag-a-night","tag-a-prominent-adelaide-college-they","tag-a-teenage-reveller","tag-a-teenager","tag-a-toyota-sedan","tag-aa-subscriber-exclusives","tag-adelaide","tag-adelaide-city-council","tag-aldinga","tag-an-innocent-night","tag-an-urgent-safety-overhaul","tag-bay","tag-bollards","tag-calls","tag-cars","tag-dozens","tag-drunk-people","tag-emergency-services","tag-every-parent","tag-friday-and-saturday","tag-friends","tag-further-traffic-restrictions","tag-greenwith","tag-hindley-st","tag-hindley-street","tag-his-devastated-mates","tag-his-death","tag-his-friends","tag-his-whole-life","tag-his-wide-group","tag-horror","tag-horror-crash","tag-horror-aa-app-download-boxthe-teen","tag-investigators","tag-its-busiest-period","tag-its-police-station-hindley-st","tag-large-groups","tag-last-night","tag-mary-couros","tag-measures","tag-more-accessibility","tag-more-than-three-hours","tag-nights","tag-officers","tag-one-councillor","tag-our-arms","tag-our-youth","tag-party-precinct-aa-hindley","tag-party-strip","tag-partygoers","tag-pavement-extension","tag-peak-times","tag-pedestrian-safety","tag-saturday","tag-st-pollhayley-eylward","tag-storiesshe","tag-teen","tag-the-circumstances","tag-the-city","tag-the-council","tag-the-crash","tag-the-government","tag-the-northeastern-suburbs","tag-the-path","tag-the-royal-adelaide-hospital","tag-the-scene","tag-the-street","tag-the-strip","tag-the-talented-footballer","tag-the-tragedy","tag-the-young-man","tag-these-unnecessary-pedestrian-fatalities","tag-this-street","tag-this-young-man","tag-traffic","tag-traffic-crash","tag-tragedy","tag-treasurer-tom-koutsantonis","tag-tribute","tag-two-cars","tag-uber-and-taxi-drivers","tag-yesterday"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64065\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}