Australian Broadcasting Corporation

In short:

One adult and two children are dead after a car crashed into a truck in western Victoria.

A second adult, who was trapped within the car after it rolled and was crushed, has been flown to hospital with life threatening injuries.

The truck driver is understood to have escaped with minor injuries.

An adult and two children have died after a car and truck collided at Stoneleigh in western Victoria.

An adult and two children have died after a car and truck collided at Stoneleigh in western Victoria.

Victoria Police said the vehicles crashed just after 9:30am at the intersection of Mount William Road and Eurambeen-Streatham Road, 45 minutes west of Ballarat.

Police said the car appeared to have rolled and been crushed.

A second adult, who was trapped in the vehicle, has life-threatening injuries and is expected to be flown to hospital.

The truck driver is understood to have escaped with minor injuries.