Two people have been killed in their bed when a truck crashed into their house in Victoria’s south-west.
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00:00Police are investigating the circumstances behind this horrific crash, where a truck
00:06has veered off the Princess Highway just west of Warrnambool and crashed into the bedroom
00:10of this house near Tower Hill.
00:13The two occupants inside the bedroom at the time, an 81-year-old man and an 80-year-old
00:17woman, have died at the scene.
00:19The truck driver has been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
00:24Tragically, the truck has gone through the front bedroom area of the house.
00:29The house is at this stage quarantined due to some asbestos issues, but we are hoping
00:33to get in there later today once we get the appropriate safety measures.
00:36But it appears both victims were in the front bedroom at the time.
00:40Police are looking at the circumstances that led up to the truck colliding with the house.
00:44It's left the highway some 300 metres to the west of here and travelled straight through,
00:49in a straight line through paddocks for colliding with the house.
00:53Police are investigating whether there was a mechanical fault with the truck or a medical
00:57episode with the driver or some level of distraction, but that's what their investigation will be
01:01covering over the coming days.