Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating a fatality after a car crashed into a tree on the old Princess Highway, Beaconsfield at about 12.15am.
Emergency services worked on a female passenger, but she was pronounced deceased at the scene whilst a male passenger was airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The male driver, a 30-year-old Pakenham man, was arrested at the scene and awaiting a police interview.
