Police are asking for anyone with information about a fatal crash on the South Gippsland Highway in Dandenong South on Saturday morning to contact them.
A 24-year-old driver was killed after a Ford utility travelling south-east struck a tree on the median-strip between Princes Highway and Pound Road at 7am. The male driver died at the scene.
Paramedics treated his 22-year-old male passenger who was then taken to Dandenong Hospital with minor injuries.
A police spokesman said police would prepare a report for the state coroner.
The death was the 44th on Victorian roads this year, up from 32 at the same time last year.
Any information about the crash can be phoned to Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or crimestoppers.com.au.
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