TWO people were killed and more injured as thick fog caused mayhem on the Princes Freeway yesterday.
The horror morning began with a double fatality between Soldiers Road and Clyde Road around 7am.
A police spokesman said a White Toyota Corolla Seca, travelling east, veered onto the wrong side of the freeway, smashing into two cars and a truck travelling west.
The driver of the Toyota, a 21-year-old Endeavour Hills man, and his passenger, believed to be in his mid-teens, were both killed.
Pakenham SES spokesman Shayne Honey said that one man was ejected from the car, while one of the deceased was trapped in the vehicle. Advanced life support paramedics from Berwick, intensive care paramedics from Hampton Park and a single responder intensive care paramedic attended the scene, with the first crew arriving within 10 minutes.
“There was extensive damage to the car, which had apparently rolled,” intensive care paramedic David Kervin said. “A 47-year-old man from the second vehicle was quite shaken. He was assessed by paramedics but wasn’t taken to hospital.”
Narre Warren Police are investigating the collision along with the Major Collision Investigation Unit.
The tragedy threw peak hour traffic in to chaos, with bumper to bumper traffic along the Pakenham Bypass up to the Cardinia Road roadblock, and a similar jam on the Princes Highway from Pakenham to High Street, Berwick.
Anyone who may have seen the white Toyota Corolla prior to the collision are asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or visit www.crimestoppers.com.au
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