Crows Legend Tony Modra Seriously Injured in Truck Crash

Crows legend Tony Modra has been seriously injured in a truck crash. In a statement, SA Police said a 57-year-old man from Waitpinga was taken to hospital on Thursday evening after he crashed his truck into a tree at Back Valley, about 10 kilometres west of Victor Harbor. Police were called to the scene about 5:15pm.

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas said his thoughts were with Modra and his family following reports of the crash. "Mods is an SA icon who has never forgotten where he came from," Mr Malinauskas said. "Down to earth and just a really good bloke. "Tony and his family are in our thoughts tonight, and we all hope he'll be ok."

Modra played a total of 165 AFL games for the Adelaide Crows and Fremantle Dockers. He played football in SA's Riverland region before debuting for the Crows in 1992. Modra was leading goalkicker at the Crows for five straight seasons and played State of Origin football, winning the league's Coleman medal in 1997. It was in the same year he seriously injured a knee in the preliminary final and missed the club's historic first AFL premiership. When he returned, he could not force his way into the team for the club's second flag in 1998. Modra kicked 440 goals for Adelaide and won the AFL's mark of the year three times, including once at Fremantle. He finished his career at the Dockers, before moving back to country SA.

Traffic restrictions were in place at the crash site for several hours, but the road has since been fully re-opened.