<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 16-year-old boy has been arrested after a car crash in a regional </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/victoria" rel="" target="" title="Victorian"><span>Victorian</span></a><span> town earlier this year left two other teenagers dead.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Zane Oldis, 18, and Taj Patten-McLaren, 15, died when the Ford Falcon they were travelling in crashed into a tree in Orbost in far-east Gippsland on June 10.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 16-year-old boy was taken to hospital with minor injuries.</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/warm-and-loving-teen-thom-hosking-killed-on-way-to-school-was-days-from-starting-his-first-job/d86a67af-aee8-4e9a-8fd3-8efa523cf1aa" target="_blank"><strong><span>'Warm and loving' teen killed on way to school was days from starting his first job</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the time of the crash, it was believed Oldis was driving the car, police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Four months on, they will allege the 16-year-old survivor was behind the wheel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The teenager from East Gippsland was arrested this morning.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/orbost-crash-teenager-charged-months-after-car-crash-in-far-east-gippsland-victoria/9f3eccd2-303b-422f-ab07-7da8b0654f8a" data-widget-id="AR_5"></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/australia-weather-update-south-eastern-temperatures-vary-wildly/8390caa8-e0e2-447f-ac56-00d77c6f10cf" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Whip-sawing temperatures to see millions bake while others freeze</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He was taken into custody where he will be interviewed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following the crash, tributes flowed for the teenagers who were killed in the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was a good bloke, had a lot of good memories with him," friend Hayden said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's gonna be sad that he's gone now."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taj's mum, Bianca, took to social media to bid farewell to her son.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Taj my beautiful sweet gentle boy. I love you forever my baby," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said at the time the crash would have "a big ripple effect" on the local community.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"All local communities are tight-knit," Victoria Police road policing Senior Sergeant Luke Banwell said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I guarantee people in the town will know of these people and this is what really shocks and traumatises the local community, is something as devastating as this."</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" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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