Truck driver charged after woman killed, two-year-old girl injured in crash

A truck driver has been charged after a woman died and a two-year-old girl was seriously injured in a crash in regional Victoria.

Police were told a truck was travelling north on Bacchus Marsh Road in Corio, near Geelong, when it collided with a car at the intersection of the Ring Road just after 2pm on January 10.

The driver of the car, a 64-year-old Bell Park woman, died at the scene.

A two-year-old girl from Lovely Banks was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries.

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She has since been released and remains at home with her family.

The 38-year-old alleged truck driver, from Clyde, escaped the crash uninjured.

The man was charged yesterday with one count each of dangerous driving causing death, drive in a manner dangerous and failing to stop at a red light.

He has been bailed to appear at the Geelong Magistrates' Court on January 24.

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