East of Melbourne, a truck and four cars were involved in a collision that resulted in one woman dying and five others being hurt.
Inbound traffic on the Princes Motorway at the Bona Vista Road exit was involved in a collision around 8.40 am in Darnum.
One of the automobiles’ front-seat occupants, a woman who hasn’t been properly identified, passed away there.
The driver of that vehicle, a female as well, was critically injured and was flown to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Teenage girl in the backseat was seriously injured and transported to the Royal Children’s Hospital.
To go to Warragul Hospital, three more persons were transported by car.
The truck driver is cooperating authorities as they look into the collision.
Police ask that anyone with dashcam footage or who has witnessed something call them.
A second incident happened just a few hundred metres from the first crash on the outgoing lanes of the Princes Motorway in Nilma an hour later, at around 9.45am.
In the wake of the accident, two people were brought to Latrobe Regional Hospital.
The accidents occur after a terrifying weekend on Victorian roadways.
A collision in Bochara early on Saturday morning claimed the lives of a woman in her 30s, three teenagers, and a 17-year-old girl.
A car struck a power pole in Thomastown early yesterday morning, killing two individuals.
After becoming the victim of an alleged hit-and-run at Point Cook on Friday night, a 53-year-old woman also passed away last night.
