By MARA PATTISON-SOWDEN
A 45-YEAR-OLD Montrose man died after being airlifted to hospital in a critical condition following a head-on collision in Yarra Junction on 10 September.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal collision.
Investigators said a Ford station wagon was travelling east along the Warburton Highway about 2.30pm. The driver lost control of the vehicle and it collided with a west-bound ute.
Emergency services arrived at the scene and the Ford’s driver, a 54-year-old Montrose man, was taken to The Alfred where he later died.
The ute’s driver, a 28-year-old Healesville man, suffered minor injuries and has been helping police with their investigation.
Upper Yarra SES was called in to extricate a person trapped in one of the vehicles.
The collision occurred on Warburton Highway, close to George Street and across the road from the Yarra Junction police station. The area is a 40km/h school zone between 2.30pm and 4pm.
Died after crash
Digital Editions
-
Crime Stoppers, Police and TAC urge drivers to ‘Brake the Habit’
Crime Stoppers Victoria and the Transport Accident Commission (TAC), with the support of Victoria Police, have launched the Brake the Habit campaign to encourage drivers…
