A woman who died after the bus she was travelling on rolled over in Victoria has been identified as 71-year-old Carmel Mitchell.
Mrs Mitchell was travelling home from a lawn bowls tournament, along with 29 elderly people, when their bus rolled and landed on its side on the Sunraysia Highway on Saturday.
The bus was reportedly travelling from Mildura to Ballarat when the accident occurred around 3.10pm, police said.
The driver lost control of the vehicle before swerving off the highway and rolling down an embankment.
Mother-of-three Carmel Mitchell, 71, identified as the woman killed following a bus crash in Victoria on Saturday
Five others were in a critical condition after the bus rolled and landed on its side 200km north-west of Melbourne, Victoria
Mrs Mitchell was a mother-of-three and grandmother to seven, The Courier reports.
She was a prolific member of the community, having twice been elected as the ladies president for the Mt Xavier Bowling Club.
She also had over 30 years of involvement at the Creswick Lions Club, serving as president, secretary and treasurer.
Club secretary Pat Tacey described Mrs Mitchell as a ‘wholehearted contributor to everything she did’.
The accident occurred about 3.10pm Saturday, on the Sunraysia Highway near Moonambel, police said
Ambulance helicopters took several patients with serious injuries to hospital
The driver lost control of the vehicle before swerving off the highway and rolling down an embankment
‘People are in a state of disbelief that this could happen to someone who has been an integral part of our community for 40 years,’ Mr Tacey told the publication.
Ambulance helicopters took three patients to Melbourne following the crash on Saturday, with two people in critical condition transported to The Alfred and a third taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Three others were also in a critical condition, with 12 people in serious condition also taken to hospitals in Ballarat and Bendigo, Ambulance Victoria Spokesperson John Mullen told Daily Mail Australia.
A relief centre was opened in Avoca, with 11 people transported there in a stable condition.
Twelve people in serious conditions were taken to hospitals in Ballarat and Bendigo
A relief centre was opened in Avoca, with 11 people transported there in a stable condition
The bus was reportedly travelling from Mildura to Ballarat carrying a group of mostly elderly bowls players who had been at a tournament