Soccer match to honour the Camporeale men
The Camporeale Memorial Cup between Savoy and Virtus will be played this Saturday to commemorate Michael, Leigh and James Camporeale, three men whose lives touched the entire city of Port Pirie.
Money raised from the event will go to helping the Port Pirie and Whyalla Division of the State Emergency Service and Campo Kids, which goes to support the education of Leigh and James' children.
So far more than $11,000 has been raised through the mycause Fundraiser page and through the now finished online auction, which included a signed Crows guernsey, a signed Port Adelaide Football and tickets the AFL Footy Show in Melbourne.
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POLICE say fatigue appears to have caused a horror crash that killed a man and his two adult sons at Cultana on the Eyre Peninsula.
Michael Camporeale, 59, and his twin sons Leigh and James Camporeale, both aged 33, died when their Nissan Patrol drifted on to the wrong side of the Lincoln Highway, near Whyalla, and collided head-on with a semi-trailer, just after 4.30pm on Thursday.
The truck driver — a Meadows man, 38 — was taken to hospital and treated for a non-life threatening head injury.
Traffic Support Branch officer-in-charge Superintendent Bob Fauser said the circumstances of the crash were not yet fully known.
“The Nissan Patrol station wagon was driving through a left-hand bend, travelling north, and has travelled across the wrong side of the road into the oncoming heavy vehicle,” he said.
“We have no reason to believe the driver of the heavy vehicle in any way contributed to this crash.
“We have some indications that the cause of this crash may in fact be fatigue.
“What the research tells us about fatigue is that if you are feeling tired while you are driving, then it is already too late.”
Supt Fauser said the men had been “working or driving” since the early hours of Thursday morning and were travelling home.
“There wouldn’t be too many people that haven’t found themselves in that position where they think ‘I can do this, I can survive this journey, I can drive home safely’, and unfortunately on this occasion it didn’t work,” he said.
Supt Fauser said the fatal collision was the latest in a continuing pattern throughout December and January of catastrophic crashes on high-speed roads.
He said it was vital for people to plan long distance road trips and ensure they were well rested before the journey began.
“For some people, driving at 110km/h is the most dangerous thing they are going to do,” he said.
“If you make a mistake on our city roads ... you may survive that poor decision or that moment’s inattention.
“If you make that mistake at 110km/h, you are unlikely to survive it. People are dying on our roads every year because they don’t think it’s going to happen to them.”
Supt Fauser said research showed people were more likely to be involved in a crash the faster they were travelling.
“The faster you are travelling when you are involved in a crash, the worse the consequences of that crash are going to be,” he said.
The triple fatality takes the state’s road toll to nine compared with four at the same time last year.
Family members have declined to speak to the media at this time but have posted tributes on social media.
“We send so much love to you (name removed) and our beautiful cousins as our hearts are filled with love and so much sadness,” a family member posted.
“We couldn’t begin to imagine but may god bless you all and the three angels he has with him now. They will never be forgotten.”
Local Government Minister and Frome MP Geoff Brock extended his thoughts to the family and friends of the victims.
“Any incident such as this always touches the community and there will be many people throughout the Port Pirie region that will be saddened to hear this news,” he said.
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