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- Friday 17 October 2025 at 2:35 pm
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a woman this morning following a fatal head-on collision in Wodonga earlier this month.
Police will allege an 18-year-old Corryong woman was driving a stolen Nissan X Trail when it collided head on with a utility in the early hours of Friday, 3 October.
Emergency services were called to the collision on the Hume Freeway, near the Bandiana Link Road ramp, about 12.50am.
The passenger inside the Nissan X Trail, a 16-year-old girl from the Wodonga area, died at the scene.
The driver of the ute, a 23-year-old NSW man, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The 18-year-old Corryong woman, who was allegedly driving the Nissan contraflow to traffic on the dual carriageway, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
She has now been charged with culpable driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and other offences.
The woman remains in hospital under police guard.
The Nissan X Trail was allegedly stolen from a Wodonga West address on 30 September.
Investigations remain ongoing into whether the vehicle was used in other offending.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or submit a confidential report online at www.crimestoppersvic.com.au
Kathryn Muffett
Media Unit
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