5 folks and a canine had been killed immediately when two vehicles and a B-double truck collided on the intersection of the Murray Valley Freeway and Labuan Street in Strathmerton, about 250 kilometres north of Melbourne, about 2.30pm yesterday.
The 29-year-old driver of a white Mercedes allegedly didn’t give method on the intersection and hit a Nissan Navara that was then pushed into the trail of a milk tanker.
The Mercedes driver, a Doncaster man, had been fined for rushing about 18km/h over the restrict lower than an hour earlier than the crash, police allege.
He and his 20-year-old feminine passenger suffered minor accidents within the collision and stayed on the scene.
The person is in police custody and is because of face Shepparton Magistrates Courtroom this afternoon.
“The Nissan Navara spun and was then concerned in a collision with a completely loaded B-double milk tanker,” Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir mentioned at present.
“All (5) folks within the Nissan Navara had been killed immediately.”
Weir mentioned the injury was so “catastrophic” police wanted specialist assist all through the evening to work out how many individuals had been killed.
“I’ve seen the imaginative and prescient from the truck. It is horrific,” he mentioned.
He mentioned the crash was Victoria’s deadliest since 2012.
The Mercedes driver was pulled over and fined when he was allegedly clocked doing 118km/h in a 100km/h zone lower than 2km from the crash scene and fewer than an hour prior.
Weir mentioned the truck driver didn’t do something to trigger the crash.
The identities of these killed within the crash are nonetheless being confirmed, however it’s believed the motive force was a lady in her 60s who works within the native farming business.
Her 4 passengers, a person and three girls aged of their 20s, are believed to be from Asia and work for her.
“This can be a actually tough and protracted investigation that may go on for a very long time,” Weir mentioned.
He mentioned far too many lives had been misplaced on roads already this yr.
Greater than 90 folks have been killed on Victorian roads this yr, in comparison with 79 right now final yr.
Anybody who witnessed the collision or has dashcam footage is urged to contact police.
