Vic: Teenage girl killed in car smash

AAP General News (Australia)
02-19-2007
Vic: Teenage girl killed in car smash

MELBOURNE, Feb 19 AAP - A teenage girl has been killed in a car accident in Melbourne's
north-west overnight.

Police say the girl, who was about 15, was a rear seat passenger in a vehicle which
ran off the Tullamarine Freeway about 10pm (AEDT).

"The driver ran off the road, hit a sign then trees," Senior Constable Wayne Wilson said today.

"There were four people in the car at the time of the crash."

Three other people in the car - a male driver and two female passengers all aged about
20 - were taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital for treatment.

The accident occurred in a city-bound lane of the freeway, and it blocked lanes between
the airport and Mickleham Road for several hours.

The crash took Victoria's road toll to 40, down from 50 at the same time last year.

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