Belconnen crash: Multiple people injured in two-car accident on Barton Highway

  • Several people injured at Belconnen, ACT
  • Another driver died in Denver, Victoria

Several people have been injured after a two-car crash near Belconnen in the ACT – while another driver was killed after a horror crash on the Victorian country road that night.

Emergency services responded to calls for help after two cars collided at the intersection of Barton Highway and Kuringa Drive, Belconnen, after midnight on Thursday morning.

A person sitting in one of the cars had to be cut from the vehicle.

Local police confirmed that surrounding roads had now reopened.

In Victoria, a driver was killed after allegedly losing control of his car while driving on Daylesford-Malmsbury Road in Denver, also shortly after midnight on Thursday morning.

The sole occupant of the car, who has yet to be identified, died at the scene.

Police investigators are currently working to determine what caused the accident.