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Four teenagers have died and another has been seriously injured when their car came off the road in regional Victoria.
The sedan was travelling along Wannon-Nigretta Road outside Bochara in the state's west when the driver lost control about 9.30am today.
The car slammed into a tree.
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Four teenage girls in the car were killed on impact.
A fifth girl has been taken to the Alfred hospital with serious injuries, where she remains in a critical condition.
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit are investigating.
Police believe the girls were locals.
"There [are] five people involved in this and all their families and all their friends coming to terms with that, it's going to hit the town really hard," police said.
"There's a lot of people out there that want answers, and we want to give those people those answers."
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The area was cordoned off and the road was to remain closed for 24 hours.
Bochara is a rural locality outside of Hamilton.
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