MELBOURNE, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- An adult and two children died after their car was crushed in a collision with a truck in southeastern Australia on Tuesday morning.
A police statement said that emergency services were called to the collision in the small town of Stoneleigh, about 150 km west of Melbourne in the state of Victoria, shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday, and found that the car had rolled and been crushed.
Three occupants of the car, an adult and two children, died at the scene.
A second adult who was also in the car was trapped and was expected to be airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the truck sustained minor injuries.
Victoria Police said that detectives from the major collision investigation unit will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident. ■
