A MAN has died after his car collided with a power pole in Warragul just before 7pm yesterday evening.
A police spokesperson said investigators believed the 19-year-old Warragul man was driving west on Queen Street when he lost control of the vehicle while taking a corner and hit the pole.
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The man died before he could be airlifted to hospital.
There were no passengers in the car at the time of the crash.
The spokesperson said a collision in Drouin earlier in the evening was also under investigation.
The incident brings the state’s road toll for 2014 to 111, eight higher than the same time last year.
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Earlier this year police commenced a number of state-wide operations aimed at reducing the road toll and road trauma as part of the Road to Zero campaign.
You can find more information on the campaign by clicking here.
