<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ten crashes across </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victoria"><span>Victoria</span></a><span> in the last 72 hours have left nine people dead, as </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> vent frustrations over avoidable road deaths.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A woman is in hospital under police guard after two people were killed in a multi-vehicle collision in Melbourne's north-east this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It's understood a silver SUV was travelling northbound on Fitzsimons Lane just before 9.30am when it veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided head-on with a small hatchback.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-mushroom-murder-trial-reaction/ad8212a0-3655-4758-ad81-4f5791e9eea7" rel="" target="" title="'Eyes fixed on the jury': How Erin Patterson reacted to guilty verdicts in mushroom murder trial"><strong><span>'Eyes fixed on the jury': How Erin Patterson reacted to guilty verdicts in mushroom murder trial</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both occupants of the hatchback, who are yet to be formally identified, died at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver of the SUV, a 54-year-old Balwyn North woman, was taken to hospital with minor injuries under police guard.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Victoria Police Road Policing Assistant Commissioner Glenn Weir said alcohol impairment was the "main line of enquiry" connected to the collision.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/horror-weekend-on-victorian-roads-brings-toll-to-14-year-high/9a15770d-357e-4572-a5a8-7b3bf714f55e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We suspect that person was impaired ... on a Monday morning," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Occupants of a grey compact SUV struck following the initial collision were uninjured.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The exact circumstances surrounding the collision are yet to be determined.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigations remain ongoing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Seven other lives have been lost on Victorian roads in the last 72 hours.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"To lose nine lives in 72 hours is absolutely devastating and the frustrating part is that most of the lives that have been lost have been completely avoidable.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The year-to-date road toll for this stage of the year is at a 14-year high, with 159 lives lost on Victorian roads.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Weir said the regular deaths "cannot be allowed to continue".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/disney-cruise-father-and-daughter-rescued-after-going-overboard-on-cruise-ship/7c22682d-31e5-41e4-a1d6-744c7da0d629" target="_blank"><strong><span>Father and daughter rescued after going overboard on Disney cruise ship</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are working really hard to try and reduce the lives lost, but we can't do it on our own and we need everyone ot help us," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Earlier this morning, a motorcyclist died after colliding with a car on Mountain Highway in Wantirna about 6am.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Preliminary investigations suggest the car failed to give way to the motorcycle while turning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The investigation remains ongoing and no charges have been laid.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man was charged after a multi-vehicle crash claimed a life in Grangefields, near Melton, on Saturday night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police allege a Nissan and a Toyota collided with two motorcycles on the Western Freeway about 11.20pm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One of the riders, a 58-year-old Melton woman, died at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The other motorcyclist, a 61-year-old Melton man, was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The drivers of the cars were uninjured and stopped at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 20-year-old Strathtulloh man has been charged with culpable driving causing death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was due to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The other driver, a 34-year-old Brookfield woman, was arrested and released without charge pending further enquiries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD 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