Victorian horror storm kills three people - including a four-year-old boy hit by a falling tree - in a night of wild weather
A four-year-old boy is one of three people who have been killed by falling trees after a ferocious storm tore through Melbourne.
The small boy was rushed to hospital in a critical condition after being hit by a tree in Blackburn south on Thursday night. He sadly died of his injuries.
A 59-year-old man also died after a tree crushed his car after he had left a shopping centre carpark in Belgrave.
A 36-year-old woman, who was a passenger in a ute driving along the Maroondah Highway at Fernshaw, was also crushed by a falling tree during the storm.
Multiple suburbs were plunged into darkness when strong winds tore through the state on Thursday night.
The State Emergency Service received 1700 calls for help.
'We’re urging any road users to please drive carefully and to the conditions particularly across the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne and the Yarra Ranges,' the SES said.
'Look out for fallen branches and debris.'
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