Motorcyclist seriously injured on Calder Freeway
Three people, including a child, are in a critical condition after a frightening day on Melbourne’s roads.
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit were called to Airly Road in Airly, approximately 225 kilometers east of Melbourne, at around 8am on Tuesday following reports that a Kia Carnival and Kia Sportage had collided.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said a school-aged child at the Carnival suffered an upper-body injury and was taken to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a critical condition. A woman in her 60s suffered life-threatening injuries in the Sportage and was flown to Alfred, also in a critical condition.
A second woman in her 30s and another school-aged child were also taken to Latrobe Regional Hospital.
“Two other occupants of the carnival, a woman and a child, suffered minor injuries,” police said.
“The investigation into the collision continues”
Less than an hour later, emergency services were called to the scene after a motorcyclist and a lorry collided on the Calder Highway at Keilor.
Police believe the motorcyclist collided with two cars and a dump truck around 8.50am, and the 21-year-old was thrown under the truck’s rear dog trailer.
The man was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious condition with serious lower-body injuries, but police said the metallic silver truck continued along the highway. “It is unclear whether the driver was aware of the collision,” they said.
Speaking to ABC Radio later in the day, Brimbank Highway Patrol senior sergeant John Sybenga said the collision appeared to have occurred in traffic congestion.
“At this stage we still don’t have any registration of the truck involved. I’m not saying he was in trouble. He may have been completely unaware of the collision as it went under his rear trailer, but we’re just trying to see if there’s dashcam footage of anything in the area.”
“We understand that the motorcyclist arrived on the Calder Highway, around the Sunbury area, at approximately 8.40am and the collision occurred at 8.52am.”
Anyone with information about either collision is asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at: www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.
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