Six die in less than 24 hours on Vic roads

It's been a horror 24 hours of carnage on Victoria's roads, with six people killed as a result of car crashes and others taken to hospital.

The emergency department entrance of a Hospital

A horrific truck and car crash near Ballarat in Victoria has left two men and a woman dead. (AAP) Source: AAP

Six people have died in 24 hours of carnage on Victoria's roads.

In the latest fatality a man died when his car crashed into a tree in Myrtleford, northeast of Victoria just before 10am.

About 5.30am another driver hit a tree on private property in Hunts Rd in Tuerong. He also died at the scene.

Earlier two men and a woman lost their lives in a collision between a truck and a car in Burrumbeet near Ballarat shortly after midnight on Saturday.

Police say the male driver of the car and a male passenger died at the scene.

Two female passengers were airlifted to hospital where one of them later died and the other remains in a critical condition.

The truck driver was not injured and is assisting police with their inquiries.

And about 8pm on Friday a man aged in his 20s died following a car crash in Hopetoun in Victoria's west.

Police say he lost control of his car and it crashed into a tree by the Henty Highway.


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