Transpacific truck was travelling at 150kph at base of South Eastern Freeway, inquest told

A truck that crashed into three cars killing two people in Adelaide was travelling at an average speed of 151.9kph in the moments leading up to the crash, an inquest has heard. The coronial probe began this morning into the deaths of Tom Spiess and Jacqui Byrne who were killed when the tanker owned by Transpacific crashed into the vehicles on Monday. Investigating officer Brevet Sergeant Peter Light told the inquest CCTV showed the truck travelling the final 190 metres of the freeway before the Cross Road intersection in just 4.5 seconds. In a swift response to the accident, the South Australian Government has agreed to reduce the freeway speed limit for all trucks between Crafers exit and the toll gate to 60kph from the start of September.

more: Transpacific truck was travelling at 150kph at base of South Eastern Freeway, inquest told

A truck that crashed into three cars killing two people in Adelaide was travelling at an average speed of 151.9kph in the moments leading up to the crash, an inquest has heard. The coronial probe began this morning into the deaths of Tom Spiess and Jacqui Byrne who were killed when the tanker owned by Transpacific crashed into the vehicles on Monday. Investigating officer Brevet Sergeant Peter Light told the inquest CCTV showed the truck travelling the final 190 metres of the freeway before the Cross Road intersection in just 4.5 seconds. In a swift response to the accident, the South Australian Government has agreed to reduce the freeway speed limit for all trucks between Crafers exit and the toll gate to 60kph from the start of September.