Tower Hill crash: two dead after truck smashes into house in regional Victoria
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Tower Hill crash: two dead after truck smashes into house in regional Victoria
Police say the vehicle veered off the Princes Highway and crashed into home near Warrnambool on Friday morning
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Two people have died after a truck crashed into a house in regional Victoria[6].
Police said the truck had veered off the Princes Highway and crashed into a home at Tower Hill, near Warrnambool, after 7am on Friday.
An 81-year old man and an 80-year-old woman, who were both inside the house at the time, died at the scene, police said.
Police said the truck driver, a 70-year-old man from Portland, was taken to hospital where he was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Map showing the location of the Tower Hill crash.[8]
No charges have been laid.
Detectives from the major collision unit were on their way to the scene of the crash, which is about a three-hour drive from Melbourne.
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