Four men are dead, one is fighting for his life and two other people have been injured after a spate of crashes on regional Victorian roads in less than 24 hours.
A male car driver, aged in his 60s, is dead after a collision with a truck on the Midland Highway in Meredith about 1.20pm on Sunday.
His female passenger, also aged in her 60s, suffered pelvic injuries and has been airlifted to a Melbourne hospital in a serious condition.
The crash was less than three hours after a man, aged in his 70s, died when his Holden sedan veered onto the wrong side of the road colliding with a Ford wagon at Daisy Hill about 10.45am.
An elderly pair inside the Ford were taken to hospital with the man suffering chest injuries, while the woman is in a stable condition, Ambulance Victoria told AAP.
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Another two men, aged 36 and 31, died and a male driver is fighting for his life after their ute rolled and crashed into a tree in Lancefield about 7pm on Saturday.
The 43-year-old driver was flown to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
