A MAN has died and a woman has been airlifted to hospital after a horror collision between a truck and two cars in Melbourne's north-west this morning.
It is believed a truck carrying a trailer and two cars collided on the Gisborne-Melton Rd in Toolern Vale, 39km north-west of Melbourne's CBD near Melton, just after 9am.
Ambulance Victoria spokesman Paul Bentley said a man in one of the vehicles was pronounced dead at the scene, while a woman in another car was trapped in her vehicle with serious injuries.
Emergency services flanked by three Ambulance crews attempted to extract the woman from the vehicle, while an Ambulance helicopter was on standby at the scene to transfer her to hospital.
Mr Bentley said the woman, aged in her 40s, was extracted from the vehicle just after 10am.
She was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition suffering leg injuries.
He said reports suggesting the woman was in a critical life-threatening condition were incorrect.
A CFA spokeswoman said it had taken three emergency services crews almost an hour to free the woman from the car and said emergency services would remain on site to help clear debris.
"The truck driver isn’t injured, but we believe the truck has been overturned," Mr Bentley said.
The road remains closed in both directions between Diggers Rest-Coimadai Rd in Toolern Vale and Benson Rd.
Drivers are advised to use the Calder Fwy as an alternate route as emergency services work to clear the scene.
