TWO teenage women aged 14 and 15 are lifeless following a single-vehicle collision this morning (October 9) within the northbound lanes of the Monaro Freeway at Hume.  

Police have positioned two different youngsters at their properties, who they imagine had been additionally within the car on the time of the crash. They’ve obtained medical consideration and are aiding investigators from the Main Collision Crew with their enquiries.  

A Toyota sedan left the roadway, crashed by some non permanent fencing earlier than colliding with a tree. The women died on the scene of the crash. The ACT highway toll now stands at 14 for the yr.

Police don’t have a time of the collision, nonetheless they imagine it occurred some hours earlier than emergency companies had been notified by a passer-by.

Anybody who witnessed the automobile go away the highway or who drove previous the collision web site and noticed the car earlier than 8am at present ought to name  1800 333 000, or through the Crime Stoppers ACT web site. 

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Ian Meikle, editor