Overview
- Police confirmed Wednesday that the boy died Tuesday after the pile-up on the Monash Freeway in Dandenong North.
- The crash near the Stud Road off-ramp happened about 2pm Sunday and involved a Mazda 3, a blue Mitsubishi, a BMW, a Volkswagen Tiguan and a white Mitsubishi.
- A 46-year-old Sunbury woman from the Mazda remains in critical condition at the Alfred Hospital, an 8-year-old girl in the car had minor injuries, and three people in a blue Mitsubishi were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries.
- Detectives from Victoria Police’s Major Collision Investigation Unit are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage through Crime Stoppers.
- Coverage differs on a 34-year-old Berwick man’s role, with one report saying the Volkswagen driver was arrested and another saying the BMW driver was only spoken to.