<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two people have died and six others have been rushed to hospital after a minivan flipped on a remote highway in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="" title="South Australia"><span>South Australia</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A local paramedic called Triple-Zero about 5.30 this morning after witnessing a Toyota Tarag crash on the Horrocks Highway at Tarlee, about one hour north of </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two passengers were killed in the single vehicle crash, after it lost control and flipped, landing on its roof.</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/palm-beach-police-search-waters-off-sydney-for-missing-teenager-after-fatal-boat-capsize/69f870ba-7115-4be8-b198-1939ab83f5b0" rel="" target="" title="Police search Sydney waters for missing teenager after fatal boat capsize"><strong><span>Police search Sydney waters for missing teenager after fatal boat capsize</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Six other occupants, including the driver, were rushed to hospital by road and air ambulance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The small community of Tarlee is still healing from a fatal crash only two weeks ago, one of several across the state this festive season.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We had a recent tragedy in the town with a family and we know first-hand how devastating that is," local Michelle Warner said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/tarlee-two-killed-six-others-injured-after-minivan-rollover-on-remote-south-australian-highway/0afbcab9-3d59-4e7d-8526-97b255634c58" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"[It's] devastating, especially for the families involved and the people involved."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Locals say the highway is a major thoroughfare mainly used for trucks and have been calling for safety upgrades for years.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I've lived here for 90 years, just about, but the roads, there's not enough spent on them for the amount of traffic that's being used with heavy trucks and things these days," Gavin Dunn said.</span></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/snake-queensland-nsw-border-python-hitches-ride-in-car/38d50155-61c3-41f9-b7fc-e641d74c3dd4" rel="" target="" title=""><strong><span>Python hitches ride in unsuspecting driver's car across Queensland-NSW border</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There are some really bad black spots, bumps in the road," Warner said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I've followed caravans up the road jumping over the bumps behind the vehicles."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The highway remained closed for most of the day, with the Tarago towed from the scene this afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>With the fatal crash bringing SA's 2025 road toll to 87 lives lost, emergency services have urged road users to plan their journeys safely in the new year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"All of the major contributors to road trauma you can control, so plan your trip, take responsibility, keep us all safe on the road," SA Police assistant commissioner Stuart McLean said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The circumstances surrounding the crash are yet to be determined.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a 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