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Within 48 hours after the two car accidents, a mother has become the fifth person to die on Victorian roads.
Five people have been killed on the state’s roads since Sunday morning in a series of two-car collisions.
Gippsland’s mother collided at the intersection of North Canal Road and Willow Grove Road in Mother’s Day.
One of the cars is believed to have not stopped on the stop sign before crashing in the middle of the intersection with another.
One of the vehicles was a Toyota sedan carrying a 49-year-old woman, a 52-year-old male driver, a 19-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy, fell on the embankment on the road after the collision.
Emergency responders announced the woman died at the scene.
Other occupants were seriously injured and were taken to the hospital.
The driver of the second car, a 60-year-old man, was slightly injured.
His passenger, a 58-year-old woman, was taken to the hospital after being seriously injured.
Two cars occurred on Sunday at an intersection near Trafalgar, Gippsland, Victoria
An investigation into the incident is underway.
Victoria Police Detective Sergeant Mark Amos marked the incident as an “absolute tragedy.”
“On Mother’s Day (WHO), we have lost our lives, our wife, our mother, we have died in a crash, and that will never happen,” he said. Seven news.
Det Amos said it seemed that the male driver of the 52-year-old Toyota sedan was driving through the stop sign.
Images at the scene show severe damage to the passenger side of the car.
‘Driving on our roads is not an easy task. It’s a complex task to take it seriously, just a moment of distraction, you’ll encounter stop signs and then one blow destroys the life and life of your family. ”
“The simple message is, “Be careful, be alert, slow down, focus,” because you don’t do that, you’ll lose someone – dear, someone closes and important.”
Det Amos said the exact situation of the crash is still under investigation.
One of the two cars suffered significant damage to its front fenders, while the second car was considered severe damage to the passenger side panels
He said it might take “some time” to figure it out.
Four more people have been killed on Victorian roads since Sunday.
Killed in a head-on crash south of Clayton, East Melbourne on Monday.
The couple were the only occupants of their respective vehicles, colliding at Westall Road and Rosebank Avenue around 6 o’clock.
Both were declared dead at the scene and have not been formally identified.
Police expect the intersection will be closed for a “sometimes” while investigating the crash.
Emergency services also participated in a two-car collision in Pootilla near Balarat at 4 p.m. Sunday.
One of the drivers was pronounced dead at the scene.
“The simple message is,” “caution, be alert, slow down, concentrate,” Detective Sergeant Mark Amos
The driver of the second vehicle was not injured in the accident.
A 53-year-old motorcycle rider died in Moutajup, near Hamilton, western the state after a collision on Sunday at 4.30 p.m.
A passenger on the motorcycle was airlifted to the hospital by life-threatening injuries.
During the incident, the 20-year-old driver of another vehicle was not injured.
The detective interviewed the man and released him before their ongoing inquiry.
Police have urged any information about the incident or dashboard video to contact the crime blocker.
