Vic: Man dead after car hits pole, trees

AAP General News (Australia)
12-07-2005
Vic: Man dead after car hits pole, trees

MELBOURNE, Dec 7 AAP - A 23-year-old man is dead after his car slammed into a power
pole and trees in Melbourne's south-east early today.

Police say the man was the driver and only occupant of a Mazda vehicle which left the
road in suburban Mulgrave just after midnight (AEDT).

"The car was being driven along Wellington Road and was near Lea Road when it left
the road, first striking a pole and then a stand of trees," Senior Constable Michael Henry
said today.

"No other vehicles were involved in the collision."

The man, from Springvale South, which is also in the city's south-east, died at the
accident scene.

Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash.

It takes Victoria's 2005 road toll to 325, just ahead of the 323 dead at the same time last year.

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