<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A truck driver has been charged over a "heartbreaking" head-on crash in South Australia that killed a much-loved grandfather.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Darren Pollard, 59, was driving home from a shopping trip near Cambrai in the Mid Murray region when a truck, believed to have been travelling north, collided with his Toyota and a second car. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The truck driver and the driver of the other car were airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for treatment.</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/national/qantas-sorry-qantas-could-face-121m-fine-for-sackings/12b0d293-051a-4ee9-ac25-0a9155da476b"><strong><span>'Sorry' Qantas could face $121m fine for sacking workers</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The extensive destruction and debris from the crash spanned half a kilometre.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's heartbreaking for a family, you know we see the road toll and that's a number, but what's behind that, of course, is real people," Premier Peter Malinauskas said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Pollard's family released handwritten statements, remembering him as "a gentle… loving man who only wanted the best for us".</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-truck-car-crash-victim/85c37559-e514-4753-a762-95d8f43cff48" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His wife expressed her grief, telling 9News, "I'm angry...I'm really angry he's been taken from me". </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My life is never going to be the same without you, Darren," she said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm heartbroken."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The truck driver has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and causing harm by dangerous driving.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian Portable Camps, the company employing the truck driver, has announced it will conduct an internal investigation into the incident.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>