A male pedestrian has died in Melbourne’s north-west after a car lost control and then crashed into a medical centre, badly injuring a woman inside.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Keilor Road and Hoffmans Road after reports of a car mowing down a pedestrian on the footpath before crashing into the Essendon Health Medical Centre at about 9.30am.
Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal collision in Niddrie this morning.Credit: Nine News
A woman, aged in her 50s, who was inside the building, was also struck and airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.
She has been taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with upper and lower body injuries. The pedestrian died at the scene.
The driver, a 63-year-old Maribyrnong man, was also taken to hospital with injuries under police guard.
A pedestrian died at the scene, while a woman inside the building was also struck and airlifted to hospital.Credit: Nine News
Staff at a radiology clinic next door said they heard a “bang” when the car hit the medical centre. All businesses near the medical centre are now inaccessible behind police tape.
The area surrounding the medical centre was chaotic on Monday as dozens of onlookers gathered on nearby footpaths to see what had happened.
“It’s giving me goosebumps. It’s a pretty hectic intersection, because there’s cars coming through … and the trams coming through, it’s congested,” local resident Bianca Christou said through tears. “But it’s the time of day when everyone is out and having a little shop.”