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A woman has been killed on the Hume Highway after a pole that had been struck by a rolled truck landed on the car she was driving.
Detectives from the major collision unit are investigating the fatal incident, which occurred after the northbound truck was involved in a minor crash with a red sedan on the highway about 7.45am on Tuesday, in Somerton, in Melbourne’s outer north.
Major collision detectives are investigating the fatal collision. Credit: Nine News
Police said as a result of that crash, the truck rolled and crashed into a pole, which in turn landed on a silver Honda heading in the other direction, close to the intersection of the Hume Highway and Somerton Road.
Despite the efforts of emergency services, the female driver of the Honda died at the scene. She is yet to be formally identified.
The woman died at the scene. Credit: Nine News
The male truck driver was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The occupants of the red sedan were uninjured.
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Police are asking anyone who witnessed the crash or has CCTV or dashcam footage to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
It comes just a day after a man was killed when a car crashed into a medical clinic in Niddrie, in Melbourne’s north-west.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Keilor and Hoffmans roads after reports of a silver Alfa Romeo sedan hitting a pedestrian on the footpath before crashing into the Essendon Health Medical Centre about 9.20am on Monday.
A pedestrian, whom police described as a middle-aged man, died at the scene. He is yet to be formally identified.
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