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Truck Crash Trial Ends in Pain and Justice | Adelaide News
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A deadly 2014 truck crash on the South Eastern Freeway claimed lives, leaving families shattered and justice delayed for years. Widow Jan Spiess recounts the agony of not receiving her husband’s death certificate until court ended, and the lasting trauma—PTSD, grief, and watching her husband die on live news—inflicted on her daughters. Though safety upgrades now exist, she still sees danger at the intersection. Cleanaway, the trucking company, paid Australia’s largest-ever workplace safety fine: $1.1 million. The coroner offered condolences, acknowledging the pain endured, while noting the freeway is now safer than it was back then. Legal closure doesn’t erase the scars.
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