Police believe car driver’s error led to four deaths in Hume Highway crash

Police believe car driver’s error led to four deaths in Hume Highway crash

Two couples in their 70s from central NSW have died in the crash at a notorious intersection as police appeal to drivers to take care as the road toll grows.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andBenjamin Preiss

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‘It’s not working’:Former VicRoads boss calls for new safety plan as road deaths rise

Victoria has mismanaged road safety and needs a different strategy to reverse the growing number of people being killed and seriously injured.

  • byPatrick Hatch
12 deaths in one week:Pedestrian killed as road toll climbs at alarming rate

12 deaths in one week:Pedestrian killed as road toll climbs at alarming rate

A man is dead after being hit by a car in Melbourne’s inner north,with the latest fatality the 12th in a week as the state’s road toll continues to spike.

  • byLachlan Abbott andBroede Carmody
Woman killed,teenage girl seriously injured in West Gippsland crash

Woman killed,teenage girl seriously injured in West Gippsland crash

A Warragul woman,30,is dead,a 14-year-old girl seriously injured and three others are in hospital following the multi-vehicle crash in regional Victoria.

  • byMelissa Meehan
Coroner to probe Strathmerton black spot after six deaths in just over a year

Coroner to probe Strathmerton black spot after six deaths in just over a year

The deputy state coroner will examine a decade’s worth of crashes and near misses at the intersection of Murray Valley Highway and Labuan Road as part of the investigation.

  • byErin Pearson
‘Proud mum’:Tributes flow for victim of horror Strathmerton crash

‘Proud mum’:Tributes flow for victim of horror Strathmerton crash

Debbie Markey’s son says she had ‘found her purpose’ looking after international workers,before she was killed in a horror collision.

  • byAshleigh McMillan andGillian Lantouris
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Five dead,man charged after deadliest Victorian crash in more than a decade

Five dead,man charged after deadliest Victorian crash in more than a decade

Police updated the death toll for the multi-vehicle crash near the NSW border from three to five after experts were called in to identify how many had died.

  • byLachlan Abbott,Ashleigh McMillan andMarta Pascual Juanola
Three dead after multi-vehicle crash near Victoria-NSW border

Three dead after multi-vehicle crash near Victoria-NSW border

Three people died and others were taken to hospital after a crash in Strathmerton,just south of the border.

  • byMarnie Vinall
Melbourne’s EastLink owner kicks off $1.7 billion stake sale

Melbourne’s EastLink owner kicks off $1.7 billion stake sale

A deal could value the entire toll road business at as much as $7 billion including debt.

  • byHarry Brumpton
Family mourns death of teenage cyclist,as state road toll surges

Family mourns death of teenage cyclist,as state road toll surges

Friends and family of physiotherapy student Gazi Azraf Ezaz,18,have described his death as a “tragic loss”.

  • byCarla Jaeger andRoy Ward
Two-year-old girl dies following Halls Gap car crash

Two-year-old girl dies following Halls Gap car crash

The toddler died at Royal Children’s Hospital after the vehicle she was in crashed into a tree at the Grampians on Thursday.

  • byCarla Jaeger