Fatal Melbourne crash involving truck and police car closes Eastern Freeway inbound
A fatal crash involving a truck and a number of police officers has closed a large section of Melbourne's Eastern Freeway around Kew.A semi-trailer appears to have hit several cars and one car is trapped under the truckVicRoads said the crash happened just before the Chandler Highway and the freeway had been closed in both directions between the Chandler Highway and Bulleen Road.The ABC understands more than one person has been killed in the crash, which happened shortly before 5:40pm.
There are at least 20 emergency vehicles at the scene and officials are trying to get cars to turn around across the median strip into the outbound lanes. "As the incident is dynamic, we do not have confirmed details at this stage," Victoria Police said in a brief statement. "It is believed multiple vehicles are involved in the collision ... a number of police officers are believed to have been involved."VicRoads said motorists were urged to exit the citybound lanes"as early as possible and to find an alternate route".It is expected the freeway will be closed for some time.
"Outbound traffic is heavily delayed through the area so motorists should allow extra time," VicRoads said.
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