Four people have died and a teenager is fighting for life after a car crash in Victoria’s west.
A car carrying five females was travelling along Wannon-Nigretta Falls Rd at Bochara about 9.30am on Saturday when the driver lost control, hitting a tree.
Four people died at the scene.
The fifth, a teenage girl, was flown to The Alfred hospital with upper body injuries, an Ambulance Victoria spokesman said.
The teenager remained in a critical condition as of Saturday evening, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed.
Officers believe the five occupants of the car were teenage girls local to the area, and say the crash will devastate the tight-knit community of nearby Hamilton, Nine News reported.
Victoria Police could not confirm the ages of the five people on Saturday evening as the car’s occupants were yet to be formally identified.
The speed limit on Wannon-Nigretta Falls Rd is 100km/h.
Police cordoned off the area to allow major collision investigation unit detectives to probe the crash, with officers remaining there on Saturday evening.
A Country Fire Authority crew was among the emergency services that attended the scene.
Victoria Police urged anyone who witnessed the crash to contact them.
So far this year, 124 people have died on Victoria’s roads, compared with 96 during the same period last year.
Australian Associated Press