One person has died following a single vehicle crash in Illawarra west of Stawell just before 6am on Monday.
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A police statement said the Toyota 4WD had been travelling on Grampians Road when the incident occurred.
A woman aged in her 50s from New South Wales has died at the scene.
There were three other occupants in the car - one was air lifted to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and two others received minor injuries.
Ararat First Constable Mitch Cohen, who was the investigating officer for the incident, said it appeared the driver had swerved to miss a kangaroo and the vehicle had rolled over.
“There was a single-vehicle rollover on Grampians Road. The vehicle was occupied by four people, a family from NSW,” he said.
“The driver has swerved to miss a kangaroo that jumped out and as a result she has lost control of the vehicle and it has rolled multiple times trapping two occupants in the vehicle.
“As a result, one of the occupants has died and the other occupant was extracted by the Country Fire Authority and the State Emergency Services.”
“And then he was airlifted.”
First Constable Cohen said the driver was able to get herself out of the vehicile and she had suffered minor injuries.
“There was another passenger who was in the same boat and he wad able to remove himself as well with minor injuries,” he said.
“They were all from NSW. They all lived in the same house together.
“They were on their way to Halls Gap.”
The exact cause of the crash is being investigated and yet to be determined.
Police will prepare a report for the Coroner.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
The Illawarra fatality was Victoria’s first road death for 2018.
Emergency services were called to another vehicle rollover south-west of Stawell on Thursday.
A blue SUV multiple times on Pomonal Road, near the Stawell Racecourse at about 4.30pm.
Victoria Police Road Policing Command Assistant Commissioner Doug Fryer said 2017 saw the first reduction in Victoria’s road toll in four years but he was shocked to learn of the Grampians Road crash.
“My deepest condolences to each of the families who I can only guess continue to contemplate why, why have they been thrust into the sadness and loss that is the unexpectedness of road trauma,” AC Fryer said.
“I continue to hope that no one else will lose their lives on the roads however to wake this morning and be notified that the first person for 2018 has died on the roads is disheartening.
“The information I have at this stage is that it appears the car may have swerved to miss a kangaroo.
“I cannot accept that it is only a matter of time before another life is lost, that the cost of mobility will at times be someone’s life.
“That is why police will continue to run intelligence led state-wide and local police operations that focus on speed, drink and drug driving, distraction, seat belt compliance and fatigue.
“My resolve only strengthens too that we’ll continue to enforce and educate for greater road safety. And we’ll continue to call on the community to acknowledge that they, each and every motorist, rider, pedestrian and or cyclist, has a role in ensuring theirs and other road users safety.
“When I reflect on all the numbers and breakdowns of each life lost, I acknowledge the increases and decreases and ups and downs, but really at the core of all of this is a deep frustration and sadness.
“Sadness of course, that families have lost a loved one but one of frustration, that people continue to lose their lives to road trauma.”