Police lay charges after fatal Pine Lodge collision

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a quadruple fatality in Pine Lodge early this month.

A car and ute collided on Pine Lodge North Road, near Cosgrove-Lemnos Road, about 4.45pm on 4 January.

The ute driver, a 29-year-old Nathalia man, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

There were five people in the car that collided with the ute, struck a road sign and came to rest in a nearby paddock.

Four of the five occupants from the car died at the scene.

The driver of the car, a 41-year-old Shepparton man, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries where he remains under police guard.

He has been charged with four counts of dangerous driving causing death and remanded to appear in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on 8 June.

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