An off-duty police sergeant who died after he was struck by a ute in Melbourne on Good Friday has been remembered as "full of life, affable, a real personality" around his police station.
Assistant Commissioner Bob Hill told reporters on Friday the officer in his 50s was out cycling with his daughter when he was hit at Packenham just before 9am.
The man's daughter attempted CPR, but her father, who had policed the area for 25 years, died later at hospital.
Assistant Commissioner Hill says the man has left behind a "heartbroken" wife and five children, and fellow officers at Narre Warren police station have been left "devastated" by the news.
The driver of the ute, a 58-year-old man, immediately stopped at the scene and assisted police.
The Easter long weekend road toll currently stands at six.
A man died also on Friday when his four-wheel drive veered off the road and hit a tree near the NSW-Victorian border.
The 38-year-old was driving alone when he crashed in Brocklesby, northwest of Albury, and died at the scene.
Just after midnight on Friday, an 18-year-old man died when the car he was in veered off the road and crashed into a tree at Collie, Western Australia.
He was travelling with three other young men - a 19-year-old man received serious injuries and was airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital while a 20-year-old was also seriously injured and taken by ambulance to Collie Hospital.
There were a number of road deaths on Thursday, including a 46-year-old man who police say may have been lying on the road near Darwin when he was hit and killed by a car.
THE EASTER ROAD TOLL SO FAR
NT: 1
NSW: 2
VIC: 2
WA: 1
The AAP Easter period road toll runs from 0001 Thursday April 13 to 2359 Monday April 17.
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