A young man has been found dead inside a car on a rural road, taking the deaths on Victoria’s roads since Saturday night to six.
The 26-year-old was discovered by officers at about 7am on Sea-Lake-Swan Hill Rd in Swan Hill, in the state’s northwest.
Police believe the driver lost control of his car and crashed. It’s unclear how long he had been dead for.
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“An investigation into the cause of the crash is underway,” Victoria Police said.
Just before 6am on Monday, two people were killed in a collision at the intersection of Westall Rd and Rosebank Ave in Clayton South.
About two hours later, a man was critically injured when he was struck by a car in West Footscray.
On Sunday night, a mother was killed and her husband and two children were seriously injured in a horrific collision in Trafalgar in Gippsland.
The driver and passenger of a second vehicle were also hospitalised.
Also on Sunday, a 43-year-old man was killed in a two-vehicle collision at an intersection in Pootila, east of Ballarat.
On Saturday afternoon at about 4.30pm, a 53-year-old male motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a car in Moutajup in the state’s west.
The motorcyclist’s passenger was airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Anyone who witnessed these incidents, or has relevant dashcam footage, is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
