HeraldSun wrote:UPDATE 7.22am: A POLICE officer has called an accident scene where one teen lost his life overnight one of the worst she has seen.
Frankston police acting Sen-Sgt Marie Mansell said the Holden Commodore the teen had been driving was ripped in half, with debris landing in both the south and north-bound lanes.
One teenager was killed in the crash, and two others injured, after the horror single-vehicle smash in Melbourne's south-east overnight.
A late model Holden Commodore was ripped in half with debris strewn across a 100m section of the Frankston-Dandenong Rd, Dandenong South as a result of the crash at 1.43am.
The entire back seat and rear wheel section of the car was snapped off and sitting about 40 metres from the main body of the vehicle.
All three occupants of the car were thrown out after it mounted a median strip and hit a tree. Police located the body of a 19-year-old Frankston man on a nature strip.
A female passenger, 19, was found on the road in a critical condition. Another 19-year-old male passenger, was also located nearby.
Both survivors were taken to The Alfred hospital. Excessive speed in wet and foggy conditions was being blamed for the accident.
Advanced life support paramedic Amy May says her team arrived within six minutes to find a car extensively damaged.
"The car hit a tree in the median strip, ripping the vehicle in two," she said.
"The pieces of the car came to rest... with debris spread over 50 metres.
"The roof of the car was pushed in towards the window sill of all four doors.
"Unfortunately one man was found on the road about 20 metres from the main section of the car, and had died."
Sen-Sgt Mansell said it was a tragic scene.
"When police arrived they found the vehicle had been split in half, no other cars were involved, but it appears that speed may have been involved for the amount of damage to the vehicle and the amount of wreckage strewn over the north and south laneways of Dandenong-Frankston Rd,'' Sen-Sgt Mansell said.
"It is very tragic. This is another young life, a needless loss of life and a warning that road conditions at this time of the year should be heeded.
"It appears drivers are not listening, they are not heeding the warnings that police are trying to give to young drivers ... have a good look at this wreckage because it is a very sad day.''
About 10 teenagers, who stood and embraced each other near the accident site, had been briefly interviewed by police.
Officers worked through the night in thick fog to piece together the circumstances that led to the accident.
The Dandenong-Frankston Rd was blocked in both directions but was re-opened just before 5.30am.
It takes the state's road toll to 144, two less than the same time last year.
At least the road toll is down!
My goodness. Wonder what it looked like in 2 pieces.
