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Teen Fights for Life After Fatal Bus Crash
Paramedics are assessing 18 patients after the bus left the road and went down an embankment, officials said.
- On Thursday at 2:40 PM, a charter bus collided with a white car and blue Toyota on the Melba Highway near Glenburn, killing the white car's driver and injuring multiple passengers.
- The bus, operated by Mee's, departed Mansfield at 1 PM before running off the road; this marks the second fatality on the Melba Highway stretch in four days.
- Ambulance Victoria paramedics assisted 21 people at the scene, transporting a teenage boy in critical condition to The Alfred, while other victims went to Box Hill Hospital, Maroondah Hospital, and Royal Children's Hospital.
- Victoria Police closed the Melba Highway between Castella and Yea, requiring motorists to detour via Kinglake and Flowerdale using Healesville-Kinglake, Whittlesea-Kinglake, and Whittlesea-Yea Roads.
- Premier Ben Carroll called the incident a 'terrible incident' in a statement, while Acting Senior Sergeant Adam Foley credited off-duty paramedics and witnesses for assisting with casualty triage.
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