Vic: Three dead in 24 hours on Victorian roads

AAP General News (Australia)
12-02-2007
Vic: Three dead in 24 hours on Victorian roads

Three people have died in three separate crashes on Victorian roads in just over 24 hours.

A 56-year-old woman died when her car rolled down an embankment and struck a tree near
Numurkah .. 210 kilometres north of Melbourne .. about 4pm (AEDT) today.

Early today a pedestrian was stuck and killed by a car on the Western Highway at Melton
west of Melbourne.

Police say the accident happened at 12.45am (AEDT) when the woman .. thought to be
40 .. was struck by a westbound vehicle two kilometres west of Coburns Road.

Meanwhile a NSW man has died following an accident at Mt Granya .. east of Wodonga
.. about 3.30 pm yesterday.

The 51-year-old motorcyclist .. of the Albury suburb of Lavington .. was heading south
at Mount Granya when he ran off the road and hit a tree front-on.

The deaths take Victoria's road toll to 295 .. seven fewer than at the same time last year.

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