Speeding, Psychosis, and Preventable Tragedy | Adelaide News

A fatal crash in April 2020 claimed the lives of Senior Police Officer Joanne Shanahan and mother Tania McNeill when Harrison Kitt, speeding at 167 km/h during his first psychotic episode, ran a red light. Despite prior reports of erratic driving, police couldn’t intervene without the vehicle’s registration number. The coroner concluded prevention was impossible in that moment, but urged adopting tech-driven systems to auto-alert police to extreme speeding — a change South Australia Police now implements with traffic cameras to better identify and track dangerous drivers. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/d62219935b52cbda