Two dead, five hospitalised in separate Victorian car crashes

Two women have died and three children have been hospitalised following two separates crashes on Victorian roads on Saturday.

One woman died when the car she was driving collided head-on with another vehicle in Berwick on Saturday at 10.15am.

The scene of a crash in Berwick, where a woman has died and four others were hospitalised.Credit: Nine News

The four occupants in the second vehicle – a man who was driving, a woman, a young boy and a baby boy – were all taken to hospital with serious injuries following the crash on O’Shea Road in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs.

The young child and baby are both in a serious but stable condition at the Royal Children’s Hospital. The man and woman are in a stable condition at The Alfred hospital.

A Victoria Police spokeswoman said police were investigating the cause of the Berwick collision and that a report would be prepared for the coroner.

In a separate collision on Saturday, a woman died when the vehicle she was driving hit a tree just before 4.30pm on Mount Zero Road in Halls Gap, about 250 kilometres north-west of Melbourne.

The woman, who is yet to be identified, died at the scene.

A boy who was a passenger in the car received non-life-threatening injuries and was flown to hospital.

Separately, police have charged a young driver after the death of a cyclist in a collision at Lilliput in Victoria’s north-east on Friday.

Emergency services were called to Rutherglen-Springhurst Road about 8.20am, where a 59-year-old man from Rutherglen on a bicycle was hit by a car and died at the scene.

The alleged driver of the car, a 22-year-old Rutherglen woman, stopped following the incident and was interviewed by police.

On Saturday, she was charged with dangerous driving causing death. She has been bailed to appear at Wodonga Magistrates’ Court on January 31.

Investigators want to talk to anyone travelling along Rutherglen-Springhurst Road between 8am and 8.20am on January 27 who may have information about the incident.

Anyone who witnessed the collisions or has dashcam/CCTV footage or information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

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