Mother Charged in Fatal Adelaide Crash Days After Daughter's Funeral
A South Australian mother faces charges related to a fatal head-on collision that killed her 11-year-old daughter.
The mother of an 11-year-old girl killed in a head-on collision has been charged with offenses related to her daughter's death. Sarah Wallace, 35, was allegedly driving a Nissan sedan that collided with a Subaru station wagon in Moana, south of Adelaide, on September 22.
Wallace sustained serious injuries in the crash and was taken to the hospital. Her daughter, Delilah Peterson, 11, died at the scene. Major Crash investigators launched an inquiry into the incident.
Wallace was arrested on Wednesday, two days after her daughter's funeral, and subsequently charged with aggravated causing death by dangerous driving and aggravated causing harm by dangerous driving. Her driver's license was suspended, and she was granted bail to appear in Christies Beach Magistrates Court on November 12. The driver of the Subaru, a 37-year-old man from Seaford Meadows, sustained minor injuries.
Delilah was remembered by loved ones as an intelligent, curious, and vibrant child with a bright future ahead of her. An online fundraiser has been established to support her grieving parents and three siblings.
Delilah was the 81st person to die on South Australian roads this year.