Three people, including a child, are in critical condition in hospital after a horror day on Melbourne roads.
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit were called to Airly Road in Airly, about 225 kilometres east of Melbourne at about 8am on Tuesday after reports a Kia Carnival and Kia Sportage had collided.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said a school-aged child in the Carnival suffered upper body injuries and was flown to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a critical condition. A woman, aged in her 60s, in the Sportage suffered life-threatening injuries and was flown to The Alfred, also in a critical condition.
A second woman in her 30s and another school-aged child were also taken to the Latrobe Regional Hospital.
“The two other occupants of the Carnival, a woman and child, sustained minor injuries,” police said.
“Investigations into the circumstances of the collision are ongoing.”
Less than an hour later, emergency services were called to the scene of a collision between a motorcyclist and a truck on the Calder Freeway in Keilor.
Police believe the motorcyclist collided with two cars and a tipper truck at about 8.50am, with the 21-year-old then thrown underneath the rear dog trailer of the truck.
He suffered serious injuries to his lower body and was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious condition, but police said the metallic silver-coloured truck continued along the freeway. “It is unclear if the driver was aware of the collision,” they said.
Speaking to ABC Radio later in the day, Brimbank Highway Patrol senior sergeant John Sybenga said the collision appeared to have happened in congested traffic.
“At this stage, we still don’t know the registration of the truck involved. I’m not indicating that he’s in trouble. He may have been completely unaware of the collision that has occurred as it went under his rear trailer, but we’re just trying to see if anyone’s got dash cam footage of anything at all in the area.
“We know the motorcyclist came onto the Calder Freeway up around the Sunbury area at approximately 8.40am, and the collision occurred at 8.52am.”
Anyone with information about either collision is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit an online confidential report at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
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