Overview

• Police say the women, both 30, had stopped after their car hit a kangaroo on the Hume Freeway at Craigieburn around 7:30pm Thursday.
• A Beveridge woman died at the scene, and a Thomastown woman was airlifted to hospital and died a short time later.
• The driver of another vehicle remained at the scene and is assisting police after reportedly swerving at the last moment and striking the pair.
• Investigators have requested witnesses or dashcam footage via Crime Stoppers as they review conditions on a dark, wet stretch of road.
• Authorities report nine road deaths in four days this week, with Victoria’s year-to-date toll at 205, up on the same time last year.