source : the age
Two men were killed when a ute and motorcycle collided at an intersection in Melbourne’s south-east on Sunday night, leaving a young child in hospital.
The double fatality tops a horror road toll for the Melbourne Cup long weekend so far, with eight people killed since Friday night, four of them riding motorcycles. Several others are in hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Police are investigating the cause of the double fatality that happened at the intersection of South Road and Olive Street in Brighton East at about 6.30pm.
Both the motorcyclist and the driver of the ute died at the scene, while a child passenger in the ute was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
On Friday afternoon, a 25-year-old died after his motorcycle collided with a car in Footscray.
The driver of the car was arrested and interviewed at the scene before being released.
Later that night, another motorcyclist died when he collided a car in Healesville about 64km north-east of Melbourne’s CBD. The 21-year-old died at the scene.
An elderly woman died after she was hit by a car in the state’s south-west on Saturday afternoon.
The driver, a 52-year-old man, stopped at the scene and provided immediate assistance. He will be interviewed by detectives.
On Saturday night, a 26-year-old man was killed when his motorcycle lost control and crashed into a tree in the Mornington Peninsula suburb of Blairgowrie.
The motorcycle’s passenger was airlifted to hospital with critical injuries.
Police were called to another fatal car crash, north of Ballarat, at roughly the same time, after two cars collided just before 6.30pm.
A male driver died at the scene while his female passenger was seriously injured.
About an hour and a half later, a driver died in a separate incident after his ute crashed into a tree in Melbourne’s west.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Anyone who witnessed the crashes or with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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