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Respected high-ranking police officer is one of two women killed in Adelaide horrific car crash

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Respected high-ranking police officer is one of two women killed in Adelaide horrific car crash

A high-ranking police officer killed in a horrific three-car collision on Saturday afternoon has been named as Joanne Shanahan – a mother-of-two and a well-respected detective chief superintendent.

Chief-Supt Shanahan, 55, was one of two women who died at the scene in Urrbrae, south of Adelaide’s CBD, following a high-speed car crash about 1.40pm. 

Witnesses claimed one of the cars was speeding and had run a red light moments before the deadly collision at the intersection of Cross Road and Fullerton Road. 

South Australia police commissioner Grant Stevens choked back tears as he revealed she had been a passenger in a Holden SUV driven by her husband Peter Shanahan – a former detective – who survived the crash.  

He was taken to Royal Adelaide Hospital with minor injuries and has since been discharged.

‘Not only have we lost a beautiful person, we’ve lost a detective with a wealth of knowledge,’ commissioner Stevens told reporters on Sunday.  

High-ranking police officer Joanne Shanahan has been named as one of two women killed in a horrific car crash on Saturday afternoon

High-ranking police officer Joanne Shanahan has been named as one of two women killed in a horrific car crash on Saturday afternoon

High-ranking police officer Joanne Shanahan has been named as one of two women killed in a horrific car crash on Saturday afternoon

Tania McNeill, 53, the driver of a silver BMW involved in the crash, also died at the scene. 

A 20-year-old man in a third vehicle is in hospital in a critical condition after suffering life-threatening injuries. 

Chief-Supt Shanahan joined SA Police in 1981 and she received an Australian Police Medal last year as part of the Australia Day Honours. 

Chief-supt Shanahan was a passenger in a Holden SUV being driven by her husband Peter Shanahan - who survived the crash

Chief-supt Shanahan was a passenger in a Holden SUV being driven by her husband Peter Shanahan - who survived the crash

 Chief-supt Shanahan was a passenger in a Holden SUV being driven by her husband Peter Shanahan – who survived the crash

She was only the third woman in the history of the state’s police force to rise to the rank of chief superintendent. 

‘Coming from quite a strict Greek background and going into the police force as a female was quite significant for my family,’ she told The Adelaide Advertiser in January 2019 about her Australia Day award.

‘They were totally shocked that their daughter wanted to be a police officer. But when I was accepted they were proud as punch.’ 

Scene of the crash pictured. Chief-supt Shanahan died at the scene along with another woman

Scene of the crash pictured. Chief-supt Shanahan died at the scene along with another woman

Scene of the crash pictured. Chief-supt Shanahan died at the scene along with another woman

Witnesses said a Volkswagen four-wheel drive flew into the air before hitting a streetlight

Witnesses said a Volkswagen four-wheel drive flew into the air before hitting a streetlight

Witnesses said a Volkswagen four-wheel drive flew into the air before hitting a streetlight

Witnesses had told the ABC a Volkswagen four-wheel drive flew into the air before hitting a streetlight.  

Pictures taken after the collision showed wreckage and debris strewn across the road and a car on its side.

South Australia Police Superintendent Craig Wall said it was a ‘horrific scene and tragic for everyone involved’.

‘The scene is … tragic for not only the families but for the emergency services attending here today.’  

Source: Daily Mail australia

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