Elderly driver dies more than three weeks after crash in Kyabram in central Victoria
An elderly woman has died weeks after a serious two-car crash in central Victoria.
The 84-year-old was driving a Volkswagen Golf which crashed with a Nissan Navara on McEwan Rd in Kyabram, in the Goulburn River Valley region about two and a half hours drive north of Melbourne, just after midday on May 23.
The woman, from nearby Rushworth, was taken to hospital where she died from her injuries on Tuesday, police said.
A 45-year-old woman driving the Nissan was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Investigations into what caused the crash are continuing.
Anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to contact Crime Stoppers.
There have been 140 lives lost on Victorian roads this year, 15 more than the same time last year.
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