Long weekend horror as child and adult are killed in Tubbut crash – as another kid is rushed to hospital

A child and an adult have been killed in a buggy incident in regional Victoria.

The crash occurred in the Tubbut area, near the eastern border with New South Wales.

Emergency services found the pair dead at the scene.

The buggy rollover is said to have happened at a property in Tubbut around 11pm on Saturday.

“The adult driver and a minor passenger were unfortunately pronounced dead at the scene,” police said in a statement.

Another child was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and an adult was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

Police have yet to formally identify the people who died.

The incident happened at a site on McKillops Road, near Collings Track.

The police continue to investigate. Tubbut is a hilly area on the northern edge of Victoria’s Gippsland region, just south of Mount Tingaringy and the Alpine National Park.