Kialla man died after crashing into tree

By Monique Preston

Jan 23, 2023

Crash: A Kialla man, 22, died after hittting a tree on Sunday. Photo by Rechelle Zammit

The person who died after his car crashed into a tree on Kialla Rd, Kialla, on Sunday, January 23, has been identified as a Kialla man, 22.

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Shepparton Highway Patrol Acting Sergeant Richard Ivory said the man was driving his Volkswagen Golf south on Archer Rd, when he crossed over the Mitchell Rd intersection, veered to the wrong side of the road and hit a tree soon after 1.50pm.

Act Sgt Ivory said the intersection was offset and narrower on the south side.

The man would have been facing a give way sign.

The stop sign on the opposite side of the road near the tree, was knocked over in the crash.

The man died at the scene.

**Collision:** The tree a Kialla man’s car hit in a fatal accident at Kialla on Sunday. Photo by Rechelle Zammit

Parts of Mitchell Rd and Kialla Central Rd were closed for about four hours while police cleared the crash scene.

Police are continuing to investigate the crash, including looking into whether the driver experienced a medical episode before the crash.

Anyone who witnessed the collision, has dashcam footage or information is urged to contact Senior Constable Mathew Farren at Shepparton Highway Patrol on 5820 5777 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au

The crash at Kialla continues what has been a horror start to the year on the region’s roads.

Only two days earlier a Shepparton man, 69, died after a crash between two vehicles at the intersection of Lancaster and Dunbar Rds, Lancaster.

**Devastation:** Debris from the collision. Photo by Rechelle Zammit

Earlier that day a woman died and another was left in a critical condition in a single-vehicle crash on the Hume Fwy in Creightons Creek.

Four men died in a devastating two-car collision between two vehicles at a Pine Lodge intersection on January 4.

The deaths follow two others on New Year’s Eve, with Longwood’s Jaye Munn dying following a motorcycle crash on the Barmah-Shepparton Rd, Kaarimba, and another woman dying in a two-car collision at Yarroweyah.