VIC:Man dies in Melbourne crash

AAP General News (Australia)
04-14-2011
VIC:Man dies in Melbourne crash

MELBOURNE, April 14 AAP - Ambulance officers have found a car bent in a v-shape at
the scene of a fatal crash in Melbourne.

A male passenger aged in his 20s died but the car's 23-year-old male driver survived
the impact of hitting a tree on Springvale Road, Glen Waverley, about 2.15am (AEST) on
Thursday.

Paramedic Han Wei Lee said the driver escaped with cuts and bruises.

"The car was bent in a v-shape and had rolled onto the passenger side," Mr Lee said.

"The driver had twisted metal all around him and it took about 45 minutes to free him.

"Surprisingly the man only had some bruising and swelling to the face and it doesn't
look like he had any other serious injuries."

He was taken to The Alfred hospital in a stable condition.

The fatality takes the state's road toll to 84, compared to 83 for the same time last year.

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