One dead after car hits pedestrians in Melbourne, police say

Police have arrested a man in Melbourne after a car mounted a kerb and drove into pedestrians, killing one. A grey Toyota struck two pedestrians on Langs Road in the Ascot Vale suburb just before 17:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Saturday, Victoria Police said. One pedestrian died at the scene and the second was taken to hospital with life-threatenin...

Police have arrested a man in Melbourne after a car mounted a kerb and drove into pedestrians, killing one.

A grey Toyota struck two pedestrians on Langs Road in the Ascot Vale suburb just before 17:00 local time (07:00 GMT) on Saturday, Victoria Police said.

One pedestrian died at the scene and the second was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Police said the circumstances surrounding the collision had not yet been established and the arrested man was due to be interviewed.