Girl, 8, killed in crash

South Australian police charged a Dandenong man over an eight-year-old girl’s death in a Barossa Valley car crash.
Shujaat Bahrami, 40, was behind the wheel of a Hyundai SUV that collided head-on with a Mitsubishi Pajero four-wheel drive on Duck Pond Road, Stockwell, just before 4pm on Sunday 2 October.
An 8-year-old Kilburn girl was in the Hyundai’s back seat and died at the scene.
The Hyundai’s other passengers, a 28-year-old woman from Kilburn and two girls aged 16 and 12-years from Pooraka, were taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police charged Mr Bahrami with one count of causing death by dangerous driving, three counts of causing serious harm by dangerous driving, and one count of aggravated due care.
He appeared before Elizabeth Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 4 October, where he was further remanded to face a bail application hearing on Monday 10 October.
The Pajero’s driver, a 29-year-old man from South Australia’s mid-north, and his four passengers, including three children, received treatment for minor injuries.