Deer Park: Baby fighting for life after six person crash on Station Road in Melbourne

Max Corstorphan
The Nightly
Six people have been hospitalised, including one baby with critical injuries, after a head-on collision at Deer Park on Friday morning.
Six people have been hospitalised, including one baby with critical injuries, after a head-on collision at Deer Park on Friday morning. Credit: 7NEWS

A one-year-old baby is fighting for life in hospital after a horror head-on collision in Deer Park on Friday morning.

The crash occurred around 12.20am when two vehicles collided on Station Road, near Tulloch Street.

All six occupants of one vehicle were transported to the hospital.

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The one-year-old girl sustained life-threatening injuries.

A 20-month-old girl and a 10-year-old girl suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.

Three adults, aged 22, 25, and 27, sustained minor injuries.

The driver of the second vehicle, a 22-year-old Niddrie man, was uninjured and arrested at the scene.

“The uninjured driver of the second vehicle, a 22-year-old Niddrie man, was arrested at the scene. He is expected to be interviewed in relation to dangerous driving causing serious injury,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.

Investigators are appealing for witnesses, dashcam or CCTV footage, or any information about the incident. Those with details can contact Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000.

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