Former bikie, Anthony Mavropoulos, killed in motorcycle crash outside SA school

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Former senior Finks bikie, Anthony Mavropoulos, has been identified as the motorbike rider who was killed in a crash in Somerton Park yesterday afternoon.

Mavropolous, 45, crashed into a stobie pole at speed on Brighton Road outside Sacred Heart College around midday.

The horror scene, which played out in front of school students, took more than six hours to clear and Mr Mavropoulos died at the scene.

Police at the scene of the Somerton Park crash on Monday. Picture: Kelly Barnes.

According to The Advertiser, witnesses reported Mr Mavropoulos had been travelling in excess of 100km/h and had run a red light prior to the crash.

Tributes were flowing on social media for Mr Mavropoulos after his death, including from former Mongol and Fink bikie Tyson Ward.

Mr Mavropoulos was found guilty in 2009 over a shooting at Prospect in the midst of a cannabis turf war. He served eight years in prison for his crime.

Source: The Advertiser.

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