Vic: Two dead in freeway rollover

AAP General News (Australia)
12-23-2004
Vic: Two dead in freeway rollover

Two women are dead and a man is critically injured after a single vehicle accident
in Victoria's west.

They were killed when the car in which they were travelling rolled on the Western Freeway
north of Ballarat, about 120 kilometres west of Melbourne, shortly before 6pm (AEDT).

The injured man was airlifted to Melbourne's Alfred Hospital, while an eight-year-old
passenger was taken to the Ballarat Base Hospital suffering minor injuries.

The circumstances of the crash are unclear.

Police from the major collision investigation unit are on their way to the scene.

Police say Melbourne-bound traffic was diverted across the nearby Ballarat-Maryborough
Road overpass and through Ballarat.





The fatalities take Victoria's road toll to 335, 24 more than at the same time last year.

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