Major Crash Officers are investigating a fatal crash on Kangaroo Island yesterday morning.

Just after 9.30am on Tuesday 22 February police responded to reports of a crash between a car and a truck at the intersection of Hog Bay and Davies Roads at Pelican Lagoon.

Sadly the driver of the car a 42-year-old woman from Kangaroo Island died at the scene. The truck driver was not physically injured.

Hog Bay Road was closed for several hours but has since been re-opened.

This death is the 9th life lost on SA roads compared to 14 at the same time last year.