<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two drivers have died after a head-on collision near Melbourne after a vehicle sped past a police operation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>State Highway Patrol officers were stopping vehicles on Diggers Rest-Coimadai Road in Toolern Vale north west of Melbourne when they saw a car speed past.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It then collided head-on with a second vehicle travelling in the opposite direction.</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/nsw-weather-rain-ruins-weekend-spots-for-entire-month-fields-ovals-underwaters/5d7ff8f5-c17a-4abd-944d-d60d1df67575"><strong><span>'Heartbreaking': Hidden toll of Sydney's wettest August in 27 years</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The drivers of both vehicles died at the scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They have not been formally identified</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A passenger of the first car was rushed to hospital with minor injuries.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/tooleren-vale-crash-two-killed/0bd8c28b-9d90-4b11-98aa-1ce8c7f70ecd" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are investigating and are appealing for CCTV or dashcam footage.</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/national/blue-mountains-australia-police-incident/5866891d-cd2f-49b3-9bda-1df08390a302"><strong><span>Three people found unresponsive, two with stab wounds, in Blue Mountains home</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They say Professional Standards Command will have oversight of the investigation as is standard procedure.</span></div></div>