Three people died in a collision in Bolinda at the weekend.
Emergency services were called to reports that a Ford Territory had collided with a Land Rover on Bolinda-Darraweit Road about 7.20am on Sunday, July 6.
The driver of the Ford, a 62-year-old Thornhill Park man, and two passengers, a 27-year-old Thornhill Park man and a 29-year-old man from the US, all died at the scene.
The fourth occupant from the Ford, a 29-year-old Thornhill Park woman, was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver and sole occupant of the Land Rover, a 51-year-old Wallan man, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The exact circumstances surrounding the collision are yet to be determined and investigations remain ongoing.
This incident marks a horror weekend on Victoria’s roads, with eight serious motor vehicle accidents resulting in six deaths.
Ambulance Victoria chief executive Jordan Emery acknowledged the tragedy of the weekend’s road toll.
“Ambulance Victoria crews have responded to eight serious motor vehicle accidents over less than 48 hours,” he said.
“Tragically six people have died, and another six were transported to hospital, four with life-threatening injuries.
“Our Air Ambulance Victoria crews airlifted three of those patients to hospitals across the state and our on-road paramedics, MICA and Ambulance Community Officers have provided outstanding care to all, in what can only be described as the most horrific of circumstances.”
