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NewsColony 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...