Learner driver charged after 17yo dies in Adelaide crash

SA Police says the Elizabeth Vale crash resulted in the 17-year-old boy's death. ( ABC News: Che Chorley )

An 18-year-old learner driver has been charged with aggravated cause death by driving, refuse breath analysis, three counts of breaching learner's permit conditions and driving without a qualified supervising driver.

The driver will appear in Elizabeth Magistrates Court later today.

A learner driver has been charged over the death of a teenager who died in a car crash in Adelaide's northern suburbs overnight, police say.

Police received reports that a station wagon had struck a Stobie pole at the intersection of John Rice Avenue and Marleycombe Road at Elizabeth Vale just after 3:15am today.

A 17-year-old male passenger from Direk died at the scene.

"The driver, an 18-year-old man from Parafield Gardens who holds a learner's permit, was arrested and taken to hospital for testing," police said in a statement.

"He has since been charged with aggravated cause death by dangerous driving, refuse breath analysis, three counts of breaching learner's permit conditions and driving without a qualified supervising driver."

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