<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A young girl has died after a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/child-in-critical-condition-after-crash-wantirna-south-melbourne/a5e4fc11-5db2-42c8-8d7e-98766c3ce34b" rel="" target="_blank" title="horror crash"><span>horror crash</span></a><span> in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/melbourne" rel="" target="" title="Melbourne's"><span>Melbourne's</span></a><span> east on Thursday night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 11-year-old girl was travelling in a silver Toyota Corolla with her parents and a four-year-old boy at the intersection of High Street and Wallace Roads in Wantirna South about 8.20pm when the car collided with a Nissan Skyline.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries, where she died last night.</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/world/russia-ukraine-conflict-volodymyr-zelenskyy-seeks-more-european-help-against-russia-on-london-trip/8d609a36-62e2-4a57-9735-efa6fbef8643" target="" title="Ukraine's Zelenskyy seeks more European help against Russia on London trip"><strong><span>Ukraine's Zelenskyy seeks more European help against Russia on London trip</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The four-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The driver of the Corolla, a 38-year-old Knoxfield woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The fourth passenger, a 38-year-old Knoxfield man was not physically injured.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/wantirna-crash-fatal-young-girl-dies-following-crash-that-left-parents-boy-injured/15be8f7f-9c41-4876-8e54-082ef78ce8a4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two male occupants of the Nissan sustained minor injuries and did not require hospital treatment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The female Corolla driver allegedly failed to give way to the Nissan, police said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/child-in-critical-condition-after-crash-wantirna-south-melbourne/a5e4fc11-5db2-42c8-8d7e-98766c3ce34b" rel="" target="" title="Police yesterday revealed"><span>Police yesterday revealed</span></a><span> they were investigating whether the children were wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-man-charged-for-impersonating-afp-officers/7df7ff88-be8e-4afd-aade-bb2be623952c" target="" title="Sydney man caught with replica guns accused of impersonating federal police"><strong><span>Sydney man caught with replica guns accused of impersonating federal police</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Please make sure your children are properly restrained in appropriate restraints in the back seat," Detective Sergeant Stephen Hill said yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They are in your hands and hopefully we can avoid another tragedy like this."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Detectives are urging drivers who were travelling on High Street Road or Wallace Road before the collision to check their dashcam.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><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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