'Carnage': Highway closed overnight after five-vehicle smash kills three

A constabulary investigation closed a awesome Victorian road overnight aft 3 group died successful a scary five-vehicle collision.

Police judge an Isuzu van and an Isuzu mini motortruck were travelling eastbound connected nan Western Highway extracurricular Armstrong astir 12.30pm erstwhile nan mini motortruck allegedly rear-ended nan van, pushing it onto nan other broadside of nan road.

The Isuzu van collided head-on pinch a Toyota Kluger travelling westbound, earlier a B-double motortruck driving down nan Kluger deed some vehicles.

The 5th car progressive successful nan crash, a Volvo XC40, collided pinch nan stationary vehicles post-collision.

Both occupants of nan Isuzu van, a 49-year-old man from Lyndhurst and a 24-year-old female rider from Clyde North, died astatine nan scene.

The driver of nan Kluger, a 65-year-old South Australian man, besides passed away.

The driver of nan B-double, a 63-year-old man from Horsham was taken to infirmary pinch insignificant injuries, on pinch nan driver of the Volvo, an 83-year-old Geelong woman.

The driver of an Isuzu mini truck, a 52-year-old Corio man, was taken to infirmary arsenic a precaution.

Detective elder sergeant Paul Lineham said constabulary would analyse each lines of enquiry to find nan origin of nan crash, including roadworthy conditions, speed, fatigue, distraction and impairment.

"It's absolute carnage down there. We've sewage a truck, a B-double connected nan side, we've sewage aggregate cars progressive successful location and we're now sorting done arsenic to precisely what happened," Lineham said.

"Over nan past 3 weeks it's beautiful overmuch been carnage connected Victorian roads. 

"As a lead up to our King's Birthday agelong play we conscionable implore drivers to salary attraction to nan roads.

"If you want to person a drink, don't drive. Don't get distracted. Take your clip to get to your destination."

Two group were taken to hospital.

Anyone who witnessed nan incident, has dashcam footage aliases immoderate different accusation that could assistance constabulary is urged to interaction Crime Stoppers connected 1800 333 000 aliases taxable a confidential study online astatine www.crimestoppersvic.com.

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