By Roy Ward
Two people are dead and two females are fighting for their lives after a single car crash in Gippsland on Sunday afternoon.
A vehicle carrying four people crashed on Briagolong Road in Briagolong, north of Maffra, about 3.45pm.
Two people are dead and two others are fighting for their lives after a single-car crash in Gippsland.Credit: Nine
Police said two people were found dead at the scene of the crash, while a woman and a girl both had life-threatening injuries and were treated by paramedics before being flown to hospitals in Melbourne.
Ambulance Victoria said a woman in her 30s was airlifted to hospital with upper body injuries. She is in a critical condition.
A teenage girl in a critical condition was also flown to hospital with upper body injuries.
Nine News reported that the teenage girl was thrown from the car when it crashed.
Police said the four people had yet to be formally identified.
The exact circumstances surrounding the crash were still being examined by major collision investigation unit detectives.
The Transport Accident Commission listed Victoria’s road toll up to May 1 at 95 people, two more than at the same time last year.
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