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By Arlene Paredes | January 24, 2012 4:35 PM EST

An 18-year-old Mill Park male died in a tragic single vehicle crash, while his female companion is in the hospital over serious head injuries.

Police told AAP the teen driver's car veered off Bonds Road at Lower Plenty and crashed through a fence before rolling several times, about 10.50pm (AEDT) on Monday.


Policemen (L) inspect a school bus and a truck which collided as rescuers pull out a body at a traffic accident site in Yulinzi township of Zhengning county, Gansu province, November 16, 2011. Nineteen people, including 17 preschoolers and two adults, died in the head-on collision between the two vehicles in northwest China's Gansu province Wednesday morning. The local government has blamed overloading for the crash as the nine-seater school bus was carrying 64 people, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/China Daily

Police suspects the teen driver lost control of his car, causing him to die on the scene.

A police statement noted the driver's lone passenger has been rushed to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with serious head injuries.

The death brings Victoria's road toll to 19, six more than at the same time last year, AAP reported.

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Policemen (L) inspect a school bus and a truck which collided as rescuers pull out a body at a traffic accident site in Yulinzi township of Zhengning county, Gansu province, November 16, 2011. Nineteen people, including 17 preschoolers and two adults, died in the head-on collision between the two vehicles in northwest China's Gansu province Wednesday morning. The local government has blamed overloading for the crash as the nine-seater school bus was carrying 64 people, Xinhua News Agency reported. REUTERS/China Daily
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