Victoria Police is in mourning after the death of four members in a multi-vehicle crash on the Eastern Freeway in the single largest loss of police life in one incident in the state's history
"The Police Association is shocked and immensely saddened by the deaths of four of our dedicated members, who were killed while protecting the community," they said.Aerial vision from the scene shows a large number of emergency service vehicles on site, including paramedics and fire trucks, as well as a damaged Connect Logistics semi-trailer.
She said she had never witnessed such an awful scene. "My heart goes out to all involved and to my special Victoria Police family." “I could see the truck and then I saw the crumpled mess of the Porsche. There appeared to be someone standing either on top of the Porsche or on the front of the truck.”He said he also saw a silver highway patrol car.The silver highway patrol car was four lanes away from the spot where the collision happened, he said.
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