<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tributes have been paid to three people killed on </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="" title="South Australian"><span>South Australian</span></a><span> roads over the festive period.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Robyn van der Hoogan was a pillar of the community in Nangwarry, 350 kilometres south-west of Adelaide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She'd driven the stretch of the Riddoch Highway many times before.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/plane-catches-fire-at-south-korean-airport/9746b322-68c7-475f-8fd1-f40b0558757a"><strong><span>Death toll in fiery plane crash rises in one of South Korea's worst aviation disasters</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But yesterday, a short distance from home, her life was cut short when her Ford station wagon collided with a ute.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 58-year-old died at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Her passenger, friend Aileen McKinnon, was rushed to Mount Gambier Hospital but also couldn't be saved.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sa-road-toll-three-dead-on-roads-in-south-australia/7154a4a0-549a-4ec8-afa9-2857db702005" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Robyn's husband, Peter, told 9News she would be dearly missed by the entire community.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Robyn loved cats and loved life. She was very soft natured and would help anyone who asked for it," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are now investigating if Robyn failed to give way when doing a U-turn on the Riddoch Highway.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Hours after the Nangwarry crash, Aldinga Beach man Scott Collingridge was killed at Wattle Flat on the Fleurieu Peninsula near Adelaide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-news-suspected-stabbing-in-five-dock/101b5211-0788-466d-a99d-728783b1be2f"><strong><span>Man arrested as 82-year-old fights for life after suspected stabbing in Sydney</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/mount-pritchard-man-body-found-driveway-sydney-west-new-south-wales-police-investigate/beaefb18-bf25-4ac7-89f3-db3bcfef307b"><strong><span>Man accused of murdering neighbour after tree row</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 55-year-old was riding a motorcycle that collided with a Subaru station wagon on Main South Road.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said the crash was a reminder to other drivers not to become complacent when driving this holiday period.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The trauma on our roads this festive period has been truly heartbreaking," Superintendent Shane Johnson said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We should all be celebrating the festive season not mourning the loss of loved ones.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our thoughts are with these families, with friends, with the communities who have been impacted by this tragic loss of life.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Let's make this period, leading into New Year's, a safe and festive one for everyone."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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