Police investigate Heyfield fatal crash

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a single vehicle fatal crash in Heyfield Saturday evening.

Investigators have been told the driver of a vehicle travelling on the Heyfield-Dawson Road crashed into a tree just after 9pm.

The driver, a 19-year-old Coongulla man, sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to hospital.

His yet to be formally identified male passenger sadly died at the scene.

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