Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Rowville last month.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Wellington Road and Braeburn Parade following reports of a multi-vehicle collision just before 9am on 11 January.
It will be alleged the truck collided with a grey Kia stinger before continuing on and crashing into another two stationary vehicles as well as a power pole.
A fourth car was damaged when the pole fell onto it following impact with the truck.
The driver of the Kia, a 52-year-old Rowville man, died at the scene.
The occupants of the other vehicles were uninjured.
The driver of the truck, a 27-year-old Dandenong man, was not injured and stopped at the scene.
He has been charged with dangerous driving causing death, careless driving and entering an intersection against a red traffic light.
He has been bailed to appear before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 2 February.
For the current provisional lives lost tally please see https://www.police.vic.gov.au/road-safety-0
