Vic: Police search for two cars after Mildura crash

AAP General News (Australia)
04-05-2008
Vic: Police search for two cars after Mildura crash

MELBOURNE, April 5 AAP - Police are seeking the occupants of two vehicles for information
about a fatal crash overnight near the north-western Victorian town of Mildura.

A 23-year-old man from Red Cliffs, near Mildura, died instantly when the car he was
driving collided with a palm tree in Fifteenth Street, Irymple, about 1.45am (AEDT).

A 22-year-old female passenger, also from Red Cliffs, was taken to the Mildura Base
Hospital in a serious condition.

Police are looking for the occupants of a modified yellow car and a white Holden Commodore
sedan that may have arrived at the scene shortly after the accident.

"There are a couple of vehicles who we believe may have stopped and given some form
of assistance, and we are looking to speak to the driver or occupants of those vehicles,"

Leading Senior Constable Andy Heckmann said.

There was also a suggestion that after stopping at the scene, the yellow car was seen
driving past several times, he said.

While investigations were still at an early stage, speed and alcohol were two factors
being looked at.

"There is (also) a suggestion there was some hoon-type driving in the area prior to
the collision, but we don't believe that these vehicles were involved in any sort of wrongdoing
at the time," Snr-Const Heckman said.

The incident took Victoria's road toll to 95, 11 more than at the same time last year.

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