Four dead, five injured in minivan crash in Muckatah, near Victoria-NSW border
“I’m not sure why, it’s not a particularly dangerous road; most of it is closed, there aren’t a lot of trees,” he said. “When I saw the news I was like, ‘Oh, another one?’ I thought.
Kim Clarke, who lives on Chapel Road, said police told residents not to approach the scene of the accident because no one should see the scene.
Police said nine people were in the vehicle when the driver lost control Monday afternoon.Credit: Nine News
He said around 5pm he heard a noise and realized a police car had arrived, followed by a screaming ambulance.
“We only suffer from the families, their [the occupants] They were originally fruit pickers. There are a few orchards around here and peaches are in season.”
Chapel Road has one lane in each direction and the speed limit is 100, Clarke said. She said police told her husband the road probably wouldn’t reopen until Tuesday afternoon.
The crash was the second of a number of fatal road accidents in the Moira Shire local government area in three years.
Five people died after their Nissan Navara was struck by another vehicle at Strathmerton, west of Cobram, in April 2023. In January, a driver was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of dangerous driving causing death.
The minivan crash in Muckatah was the second fatal incident on Victoria’s roads on Monday. A 32-year-old man died after his car crashed into a tree at 7am in the Wimmera town of Kaniva in Victoria’s north-west.
Victoria’s road toll for 2025 is currently at 279, the same as this time last year. More than half of these are deaths on rural roads.
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