Woman badly injured in freak car crash in Adelaide

A woman has been badly injured in a freak car accident at Rostrevor in Adelaide.

The 23-year-old was pinned under a Holden Commodore after the driver lost control, ploughed through a fence hitting her and her boyfriend.

Photo: 7 News/Stacey Lee
Photo: 7 News/Stacey Lee

The pair had been looking at a car they wanted to buy at a house on the corner of Forest Avenue and Doreen Street when the crash occurred at about 4pm.

The woman was trapped under the car for about half an hour before she could be freed.

She suffered critical pelvic and abdominal injuries and has been taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

Her boyfriend escaped uninjured.

The man driving the Commodore has also been taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital for drug and alcohol testing.

Major crash investigators were called to the scene.