Police investigating crash which put two young children in hospital

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00:00The family were driving in a hatchback at about 8.30 last night in Wonturner South,

00:07which is about 25 kilometres east of Melbourne.

00:10Now, they've failed to give way at an intersection,

00:13and that's when they've collided with a sedan through that intersection.

00:17Now, inside the car was an 11-year-old girl.

00:20She was critically injured in that incident and rushed off to hospital.

00:24Her younger brother, a four-year-old boy, was also seriously hurt and also hospitalised.

00:29Now, overnight, the condition of the girl has improved slightly.

00:33She's now in a serious condition, while her brother as well has also improved.

00:37He's now stable.

00:39Both the parents, who were 38 years old, suffered minor injuries in that crash,

00:45and the two young men who were in the other car, the sedan, they were 18-year-old men.

00:50They stopped at the scene to help, and they weren't hurt themselves either.

00:54Police at the scene have described that incident last night as awful for everybody.

01:01This collision is an absolutely timely reminder that a moment's inattention

01:05and not paying proper appreciation of approaching vehicles,

01:10as well as we're going to be looking at whether the children were properly restrained.

01:14We'll look at that in this collision, but also even on short trips.

01:18Please make sure your children are properly restrained,

01:21in appropriate restraints in the back seat.

01:23Now, while we do know that car failed to give way at an intersection,

01:27police don't know exactly why that was the case.

01:30So while they look at this crash today,

01:33they'll dig further into why that was the case.