Four-year-old boy among three killed after wild storms lash Victoria

Fallen trees from wild winds have killed three people in Victoria overnight, including a four-year-old boy.

Storm clouds are seen over Melbourne's CBD. Source: AAP

A four-year-old boy is among three people killed by falling trees after wild weather lashed Victoria.

Victoria Police confirmed the boy died after being struck by a tree in Blackburn South on Thursday evening.

A 36-year-old woman also died after a tree hit the ute she was a passenger in along the Maroondah Highway in Fernshaw around 7pm.

The 24-year-old male driver was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

In another incident, a 59-year-old man died after a tree fell on his car as he was leaving a shopping centre in Belgrave.

Police are preparing coroner's reports for all three incidents.

Emergency services received more than 1000 calls for help during the wild storms, after a severe weather warning forecast wind gusts of up to 158 kilometres per hour.