00:01Several people have been injured in the major collision on the Melba Highway near Glenburn around 2.40 this afternoon.
00:09Emergency services rushed to the scene where paramedics treated 21 patients.
00:14Vision from the scene shows the bus appears to have veered into an embankment and shows serious damage to two
00:21cars.
00:22The driver of one car has died at the scene.
00:26A teenage boy has been airlifted to the Alfred. A man in his 50s has also been taken to hospital
00:32in a serious condition.
00:34Two teenagers were also taken to hospital in a stable condition.
00:38The charter company Meeze confirmed the bus involved left Mansfield about 1pm this afternoon,
00:45taking passengers back to Melbourne on a public transport service.
00:49The ABC understands the bus driver was an experienced long-term driver for the company and was not seriously injured.
00:57Traffic on the Melba Highway has been closed between Castella and Ye this afternoon.
01:03Authorities are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash.
01:06Affair on the Busch
