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UPDATE: 5pm: A FATHER and son who were first on scene at the double fatal crash have described seeing a puff of smoke and a car colliding with a tree.
The men were driving north along Calder Freeway, when they saw Shayne Sargent's gold Holden Commodore coming in the opposite direction.
The son told the court he saw the vehicle flash its lights, in a gesture he believed was a warning, before seeing a puff of dust in the middle of the road.
The father said he heard a screech and looked in his rear vision mirror to see the gold car perform a u-turn behind him.
"When I looked back, the cars were in the trees," he said.
He told the court Sargent briefly stopped at the scene before leaving the area and driving south towards Inglewood.
The court heard Sargent returned to the crash a short time later.
Witnesses also described Jamie McPherson's behaviour following the collision.
The court was told he seemed to be only concerned for his own welfare, and did not make an effort to see if others involved in the crash - including his partner who was trapped, but uninjured, in the passenger seat of his car - were okay.
It also heard McPherson told one witness a car had tried to overtake his vehicle and lost control, and told another witness it had side-swiped his car.
The hearing also heard evidence from two police members and two Ambulance Victoria officers.
The case, before Magistrate Richard Wright, continues.
EARLIER: A WITNESS in the case against two men charged over the crash deaths of two brothers has told a court he was present when one died.
Fred and Gary Whearem were killed when they were allegedly run off the road and crashed head-on into a tree near Glenalbyn on January 4 this year.
Wedderburn man Shayne Sargent and Violet Town man Jamie McPherson have been charged with manslaughter and culpable driving and are facing a committal hearing in Bendigo Magistrates Court.
Four witnesses gave evidence during the second morning of the hearing.
The court heard a nurse, who was one of the first people at the crash scene, went to the aid of the brothers.
"I saw this man hanging out of the car, just hanging out by the seatbelt," she said.
After checking on the other brother, she returned to the first, and being unable to move him, supported him until medical help arrived.
"He just kept saying 'what a day, what a day'," she said.
A young couple who also stopped to help described a bleeding gash to the head of the driver of a second car; believed to be McPherson.
The man said he left his partner with the second car, and went to the Whearems' vehicle.
He told the court how one brother was struggling to breathe and how his breath became shallow before he died.
More to come.