An elderly Kyneton couple had to be cut from the wreckage of their car after it was struck at speed by a utility in Kyneton on Saturday afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the scene at the intersection of Edgecombe Road and Beauchamp Street just after 4pm.
The ute had been detected speeding on Edgecombe Road where the driver failed to stop on police direction before entering the roundabout in the wrong direction and colliding with the victims’ vehicle. The collision also brought down a light pole.
The driver and passenger of the car, both aged in their 70s, suffered upper body injuries and were transported by road and air ambulance to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition.
The male driver of the ute, a 39-year-old Heidelberg man, suffered upper body injuries and was taken to RMH by road ambulance in a stable condition.
He had false plates on the ute, was unlicensed and will be charged with several serious driving offences including dangerous driving causing serious injury.
Major collision investigators assessed the scene, with the incident overseen by Professional Standards Command.
