Emergency companies have been referred to as to the crash on the intersection of Eurambeen-Streatham Street and Mount William Street at Stoneleigh, west of Ballarat, shortly after 9.30am.
Police mentioned a automobile carrying three generations of the identical Geelong household allegedly drove via a cease signal on the intersection and into the trail of a B-double truck.
The automobile was t-boned by the truck and spun on its wheels a number of instances earlier than coming to relaxation on its passenger facet, in response to police.
The driving force, a 41-year-old male, a 31-year-old feminine passenger and a three-year-old boy died on the scene.
A lady who was trapped within the rear passenger seat of the automobile has been airlifted to the Alfred Hospital with life-threatening accidents.
The male truck driver suffered minor accidents and was taken to Ballarat Base Hospital in a secure situation.
He lives regionally to Stoneleigh and was returning the empty truck, which often transports potatoes, again to the depot on the time of the crash.
He has been totally cooperative with police and had proper of means on the street, police mentioned.
The world has been cordoned off and the encircling roads blocked as a part of the emergency response.
Detective Inspector Craig McEvoy mentioned there have been warning indicators lots of of metres earlier than the intersection.
“The truck driver is shaken as you’d count on, he is with household and mates,” he mentioned.
Velocity is just not believed to have performed an element within the crash at this stage, McEvoy mentioned.
“It is a horrible scene,” he mentioned.
McEvoy mentioned “catastrophic accidents” and “vital injury to the automobile” meant police had been unable to maneuver the deceased from the scene as of 3pm.
