MCIU charge man following fatal crash in Dandenong South

Published:
Wednesday 1 July 2026 at 10:06 am

Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit have charged a man following a fatal crash in Dandenong South last week.

The 21-year-old driver was interviewed on Monday and charged with culpable driving and dangerous driving causing death.

The charges follow a single vehicle crash on the South Gippsland Highway on Friday 26 June about 1.50am.

One of the passengers, a 21-year-old man from Cranbourne, died at the scene.


The other passenger, a 20-year-old man from Narre Warren South, was taken to hospital at the time with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Cranbourne West man has been bailed to appear before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday 3 July.

Sergeant Julie-Anne Newman

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