Hume Highway, Locksley crash: Girl, 15, killed when stolen car driven by teenager slammed into truck

Teenage girl is killed as a car being driven by a 14-year-old slams into a truck on the Hume Highway after car was stolen from a driveway in ‘every parent’s worst nightmare’

  • A teen girl has been killed in a car crash in rural Victoria
  • She was in a stolen car being driven by another girl, 14

A 15-year-old girl has died in a horror crash when the stolen car she was in – being driven by another teen girl – slammed into a truck in rural Victoria.

A 14-year-old girl was behind the wheel of a Holden Captiva that collided with a truck on the Hume Highway in Locksley at about 8.30am on Wednesday.

The teen driving sustained upper body pain in the crash and was flown to hospital.

The 15-year-old, who was in the front seat, died at the scene. 

A primary school-aged boy also inside the car was taken to Royal Children’s Hospital in a stable condition.

A teenage girl has died after the stolen car she was in collided with a truck on the Hume Highway in rural Victoria on Wednesday morning (pictured, police at the crash site)

The car and the truck were heading in the same direction before the crash.  The 45-year-old truck driver was not hurt and is assisting police

The car and the truck were heading in the same direction before the crash.  The 45-year-old truck driver was not hurt and is assisting police

The 45-year-old truck driver was not hurt and is assisting police.

The car and the truck were heading in the same direction before the collision.  

Victoria Police said in a statement: ‘Police are currently on scene investigating the circumstances surrounding the collision and the investigation remains ongoing.’

Anyone with information about the crash or dashcam footage has been urged to contact police.

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