AFL great Tony Modra has been seriously injured in a truck accident on his South Australian property.
Modra, renowned as one of the AFL's most brilliant players in a career spanning 1992 to 2001 at Adelaide and Fremantle, is in hospital in a serious condition with undisclosed injuries on Thursday night.
Modra was driving a truck on his property at Back Valley, about 90km south of Adelaide, when the vehicle struck a tree about 5.15pm ACST (5.45pm AEST) on Thursday.
"Police and emergency services responded to reports that a truck had crashed into a tree at Range Road, Back Valley," South Australian Police said in a statement.
"The driver and sole occupant of the truck, a 57-year-old man from Waitpinga, was taken to hospital for treatment for serious injuries."
