NILLUMBIK: Fatal collision causes road closure
12 NOON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25
A section of Gorge Rd and Kurrak Rd is closed between Riverside Drive, South Morang and Yan Yean Rd, Yarrambat due to a serious collision.
Drivers wishing to travel between South Morang and Yarrambat need to allow up to 15 minutes extra using the following detours:
Plenty Rd, Bridge Inn Road and Yan Yean Rd through Mernda
or Plenty Rd, the M80 Ring Road, Greensborough Bypass and Yan Yean Rd through Bundoora and Greensborough.
Route 901 buses will divert around the road closure and will miss up to 18 stops in both directions.
Closures and traffic delays are likely to continue through the afternoon as emergency services conduct investigations.
POLICE SAY:
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatal collision in South Morang.
It is believed a female driver was travelling along Gorge Road when she collided with a truck about 9.30am Tuesday (Feb. 25)
The impact of the collision caused the car to burst into flames.
Emergency workers tried to save the woman, but sadly she died at the scene.
The driver of the truck, a 40-year-old Epping man, was arrested at the scene and was being interviewed by detectives.

