Three year old boy among victims of horror triple fatal collision in Stoneleigh
A three-year-old boy and two adults from Geelong have been killed after their car collided with a truck in the state’s west Tuesday morning, with a grandparent left fighting for life in hospital.
A three-year-old boy from Armstrong Creek is among the victims of a triple fatal collision in the state’s west Tuesday morning, with a grandparent left fighting for life in hospital.
A car travelling west along Eurambeen-Streatham Rd outside of Stoneleigh — about 200kms west of Melbourne — collided with a truck at about 9.30am.
Police have now confirmed a three-year-old boy, a 31-year-old woman and a 41-year-old man, all from Armstrong Creek, were found dead at the scene.
An elderly person, believed to be a grandparent of those in the vehicle, was flown to Alfred Hospital with serious injuries.
While the next of kin have not yet been notified, police understand the victims involved are from the Geelong area.
Emergency services attended to the scene shortly after the collision on Tuesday morning, just as the weather began to turn, with members facing heavy rain and wind in the hours after the incident.
Major Collision Investigation Unit Detective Inspector Craig McEvoy said at this early stage of the investigation, it is believed the driver of the vehicle passed through a stop sign at the intersection with Mount Williams Rd.
“What we know at this point in time is what appears (to be) a vehicle, travelling in a western direction, has failed to stop at a stop sign and has been T-boned by truck travelling west,” Insp McEvoy said.
“It appears, at this stage, there’s three generations in the vehicle … with a grandparent conveyed to the Alfred Hospital with injuries via air ambulance.”
The driver of what is understood to be a truck carrying potatoes, received minor injuries and has since co-operated with investigators.
The site of the collision was cordoned off on Tuesday afternoon, with MCIU members walking over the scene, retracing the faint tyre marks on the road.
The mangled wreckage of the car was covered by a tarp, with pieces of the vehicle left strewn across the road.
The semi-trailer truck was parked across the road from the wreckage.
Heading into the Christmas period, Insp McEvoy said it was worth being a couple minutes late to various events or holidays if it meant avoiding tragedy.
“It’s a rural road, we are just asking everyone to slow down, drive to the conditions,” he added.
Large sections of Mount Williams Rd and Eurambeen-Streatham Rd are set to be closed until the early hours of Wednesday as investigators piece together the collision.
Originally published as Three year old boy among victims of horror triple fatal collision in Stoneleigh
