Fourth death on Vic roads for holidays

A fourth person has died on Victoria's roads during the Christmas period, this time a motorcyclist who crashed into oncoming traffic.

A motorcyclist has died after crashing into an oncoming car, becoming the fourth Victorian to die on the roads since Christmas Day.

The man, aged in his 40s, crashed at 7.30pm in Port Arlington in the state's southwest on Tuesday.

He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.

Earlier in the day a man died after the car he was in crashed into a tree in Somerville.

Two other men in the car were taken to hospital with serious injuries.

On Boxing Day night, a man died after his ute collided with a petrol tanker at an intersection in Corio, near Geelong.

And a 37-year-old man died in hospital after his car left the road, ending up in the front yard of a house at Clunes on Christmas Day.

Victoria's road toll for 2016 stands at 285.


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