Driver to stand trial over double fatality

By DANIEL CLARKE

19/05/26

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The driver at the wheel of a horror accident that claimed the lives of two men at Cuttlefish Bay on Kangaroo Island last year will stand trial in the District Court. 

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In an Adelaide Magistrates Court hearing last week, Wade Doyle pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving that killed his uncle Craig Doyle, 55, and colleague Ed Burrows, 26, a UK national.

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He is charged with two counts of death by dangerous driving on 10 September last year. The court heard the offending was aggravated as it was alleged Doyle had a blood-alcohol reading of 0.08 or more at the time.

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Doyle, 42, of Hackham West, is alleged to have been driving when the ute the trio were travelling in rolled off Cape Willoughby Road near a sweeping bend and crashed into a roadside tree about 11.30pm.

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The passengers, who died at the scene, were well known in the community, having worked together on the five-star Sea Dragon Kangaroo Island boutique hotel about 27km from Penneshaw. 

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Doyle, who suffered minor injuries in the crash, is listed to appear in the District Court on 14 August for arraignment.