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Woman arrested after spate of hit-run crashes across Adelaide

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SA Police arrested a 32-year-old woman from Pooraka after she was involved in multiple hit-and-run crashes across Adelaide's northeast suburbs early Sunday morning. The incidents included five collisions between midnight and 12:20am, with reports of dangerous driving on Mann Road at North Adelaide where she allegedly assaulted two police officers during her arrest. Police plan to charge the woman with offenses including three counts each of dangerous driving without due care and failing to stop at a crash scene, as well as aggravated assault on prescribed emergency workers.

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Story summary

A 32-year-old woman from Pooraka, Adelaide, has been arrested after a series of hit-and-run crashes and dangerous driving incidents across the city's northeastern suburbs on Sunday morning. Police received multiple reports starting around 12:20 AM about vehicle collisions on Montague Road at Ingle Farm, North East Road at Hillcrest, Sudholz Road at Gilles Plains, and Cassie Street at Collinswood. She is also accused of driving dangerously on the wrong side of the road towards the city along Medindie. The latest incident involved a head-on collision reported to police around 12:20 AM on Mann Road in North Adelaide, where she allegedly assaulted two officers during her arrest, including biting one officer's finger and punching another multiple times. The woman faces charges for driving without due care, speeding dangerously, failing to stop at crash scenes, and assaulting a prescribed emergency worker; however, formal charges will only be laid when she is medically fit.

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Topics

Adelaide Collinswood Gilles Plains Hillcrest Ingle Farm

Subjects

Adelaide GPE · 1× Collinswood GPE · 1× Gilles Plains GPE · 1× Hillcrest GPE · 1× Ingle Farm GPE · 1× Medindie GPE · 1× Pooraka GPE · 1×

Narrative

The 32-year-old Pooraka woman is expected to be charged with several offences, including three counts of driving without due care, three counts of speed dangerous, two counts of failing to stop at a crash scene, and aggravated assault of a prescribed emergency worker when she is medically fit," police said.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-18

🔮 "It will be alleged the woman punched a police officer numerous times and bit another officer on the finger as she was being arrested.

2026-10-18 · ABC News (AU)

Woman arrested after spate of hit-run crashes across Adelaide · assertive framing

Claims (10 extracted, 2 hedged)

An Adelaide woman has been arrested following a spate of vehicle collisions across the north-eastern suburbs last night. asserted

woman → arrest → suburbs

SA Police said in the early hours of Sunday morning, they received reports a car had collided with a vehicle on Montague Road at Ingle Farm before allegedly leaving the scene. uncertain

car → say → scene

Police allege a short time later the woman was involved in three more hit-run crashes at North East Road at Hillcrest, Sudholz Road at Gilles Plains and Cassie Street at Collinswood. asserted

woman → allege → Collinswood

Another report was made to police saying the woman was allegedly seen driving dangerously on the wrong side of the road heading towards the city at Medindie. uncertain

woman → make → Medindie

Police said crews were called about 12:20am to Mann Road at North Adelaide following reports of a head-on collision with another vehicle. asserted

crews → say → vehicle

"Patrols quickly arrived and located the driver," police said in a statement. asserted

police → arrive → statement

"It will be alleged the woman punched a police officer numerous times and bit another officer on the finger as she was being arrested. asserted

she → allege → finger

"The police officers involved were not seriously injured. asserted

officers → involve → ?

The victim in the last crash was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. " asserted

victim → take → injuries

police → expect → worker