Overview
- Victoria Police closed the Hume Freeway in both directions near Violet Town in north‑east Victoria.
- VicTraffic is sending northbound drivers via the Goulburn Valley Highway at Seymour and routing southbound drivers off at Violet Town via Murchison–Violet Town Road to the Goulburn Valley Highway.
- Police said the crash involved a B‑double truck and several other vehicles, and a B‑double is a heavy truck that tows two trailers.
- Six CFA crews are on scene with SES, Fire Rescue Victoria, police and Ambulance Victoria as responders assess the site.
- 9News reported that two adults and two children were taken to hospital in Wangaratta, and their conditions were not yet known.