FRIENDS KILLED IN CAR CRASH HELD HANDS AS THEY DIED

TWO of the four friends killed when their car was T-boned on an isolated Victorian road held hands as they died from internal injuries.

The four women, aged 64 to 75, were on their way home from line dancing when their car was slammed into at an intersection at Navarre about 6pm on Saturday.

“Seeing that scene, it was horrific ... four women who looked like they were just asleep, so they’ve died from internal injuries,” Assistant Commissioner Doug Fryer told reporters yesterday.

“The sight of the driver holding the passenger’s hand as she passed will haunt me for some time.”

The women were driving in a Kia Rio on an isolated, clear stretch of road in a 70km/h section when the other car came straight through an intersection in an 80km/h zone, Mr Fryer said.

“The elderly women had no chance whatsoever, there was no opportunity to take evasive action,” he said.

Four people from a nearby house came out to help before emergency services arrived.

The 64-year-old woman driving the other car was taken to hospital where she had blood samples taken. She will be interviewed by police.

Victoria’s road toll now stands at 78, with eight people killed on Victoria’s roads since Saturday morning.

Main picture: ANDREW HENSHAW Flowers at the scene of a four-person fatal car accident at Bains Rd, Navarre, which claimed the lives of linedancing friends; (clockwise from top left) Tess Ely from Hamilton, Elaine Middleton (driver) from Hamilton, Dianne Barr from Heywood and...