Horror crash kills 4 teens

SIX teenagers who had piled into a car before smashing into a truck in Melbourne’s outer west were not wearing seat belts before the horror crash that claimed four of their lives, police say.

Two of the teenagers were killed at the scene and two others died after they were rushed to Royal Melbourne Hospital.

The remaining two were fighting for life on Friday after a sedan travelling east along Dohertys Rd in Truganina slammed head-on with a small truck near Forsyth Road about 7.30pm on Thursday.

Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing Command Glenn Weir said the group in the car were all aged between 15 and 20 years old.

Police also believe the car was being driven by a 16-yearold who did not hold a driver’s licence.

The driver and sole occupant of the truck was taken to hospital for observation.

Assistant Commissioner Weir said police were still investigating the incident but believed the car had lost control before it struck the truck.

“There are suggestions of speed and inappropriate driving and if you look at the poor old truck driver who was just driving along doing his job and has now been involved in just a terrible incident,” he told reporters on Friday morning.

“It appears none of them (inside the sedan) were wearing seat belts – a basic safety requirement none of them have undertaken and as a result four of them are dead and two of them are critical.

“Families have been devastated, young lives have been snuffed out and yet we see this behaviour happening time and time again.”