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Police have identified the truck driver killed in a rollover at Ravenswood on Monday afternoon as a 53-year-old Nyah West man.
The man's death brings the number of lives lost on Victoria's roads this year to 106, up from 64 at the same time last year.
2.10pm
Bendigo Senior Sergeant Ian Brooks said the truck appeared to have lost control on a bend while travelling south on the Calder Alternative Highway towards the freeway, but it was too early to determine why this happened.
The truck rolled down an embankment about three metres high and landed on its roof, crushing the cabin.
The road will remain closed for several hours.
Senior Sergeant Brooks said police wanted any witnesses or anyone with dash cam footage of the truck about 1pm on the Calder Alternative to come forward.
"The road toll, it continues to climb, despite the best efforts of everyone engaged to bring it down," he said.
2pm
An unidentified driver of a truck that rolled at Ravenswood on Monday afternoon has died.
Police believe the driver was the only occupant of the vehicle.
Investigators have been told a truck was travelling along Calder Alternative Highway when it left the road and crashed just after 1pm.
Police are yet to establish the exact circumstances surrounding the crash and the investigation remains ongoing.
They urged anyone with information or dash cam footage to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential crime report at crimestoppersvic.com.au.
The highway is now closed in both directions.
1.45pm
A driver of a southbound semi-trailer that rolled on the Calder Alternative Highway remains trapped.
The incident occurred just over a kilometre off the Calder Freeway near Ravenswood.
Traffic is closed to traffic heading from Marong direction towards the Calder Freeway. Traffic heading away from the freeway is being slowed due to emergency services attending the rollover.
State Emergency Service and Country Fire Authority crews are on scene, along with police and paramedics.
Earlier
EMERGENCY services are on scene after a truck rollover near Ravenswood.
Seven Country Fire Authority crews are attending after reports of diesel leaking from the fuel tank.
The incident occurred on the Calder Alternative Highway just after 1pm on Monday.
Police and paramedics are also on scene.
A fire authority spokesman confirmed a truck carrying a container of hay had rolled on the Calder Alternative Highway.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman confirmed paramedics and ambulances were on scene with reports of serious injuries.
More to come
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