Police were conducting a vehicle intercept when they saw a stolen Holden Cruise speeding just before 10am.<\/p>\n
Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today Police allege the car continued excessively speeding along Diggers Rest-Coimadai Rd before it veered into oncoming traffic, colliding head-on with a Toyota Corolla.<\/p>\n The drivers of both vehicles were killed instantly.<\/p>\n A passenger inside the Holden, a man in his 30s, was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious but stable condition where he remains under police guard.<\/p>\n Police say the Holden was taken from Werribee South overnight.<\/p>\n Detective Inspector Craig McEvoy described the accident as \u201chorrific\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s carnage to be honest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The investigation is in its early stages but McEvoy said the debris at the scene suggested the Holden was travelling well above the speed limit.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got two fatal injuries that were completely avoidable,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cA car has been stolen overnight \u2026 and had a head-on with somebody going about their day-to-day business.<\/p>\n \u201cIt continues to sadden all of the investigators out here at the scene and the first responders who have to deal with these matters in coming across collision scenes that are 100 per cent avoidable.\u201d<\/p>\n Diggers Rest-Coimadai Rd is closed both directions between Holden Rd and Ryans Ln.<\/p>\n Motorists should consider the Melton Hwy through Plumpton as an alternative.<\/p>\n Anyone who witnessed the incident or has CCTV\/dashcam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Woman\u2019s body found near popular pier <\/p>\n 0 min read<\/p>\n![\"Download](\"https:\/\/7news.com.au\/static\/media\/right-red-arrow.92bca5db.svg\"){kind=icon}
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