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Six deaths on Victorian roads in one weekend, including a triple-fatal crash near Gisborne
Three people have died and a fourth is in a critical condition after a two-vehicle collision in the Macedon Ranges, north-west of Melbourne.
It was one of three fatal incidents on Victorian roads across the weekend, in which six people died.
Police are investigating a crash on Bolinda-Darraweit Road in the small locale of Bolinda, 16 kilometres east of Gisborne, about 7.20am Sunday.
Three of the four occupants inside one car died at the scene. The fourth person from that vehicle was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver and sole occupant of the second car involved in the crash also sustained injuries and was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Investigations into the exact cause of the collision are ongoing, but Detective Senior Sergeant Ben Morris of the Heavy Vehicle Unit said police believed the car in which the people died swerved into oncoming traffic.
'They've collided head on, which has caused the catastrophic scene we've seen today,' he said.
He said there was also a dead animal on the roadside where the accident occurred. Officers were investigating if it played a role in the crash.
