# Man killed in crash in Victoria's Mallee region

> A 43-year-old driver lost control on a regional road and crashed into trees, bringing Victoria's road toll to 202 this year.
- Title: Man killed in crash in Victoria's Mallee region · Abc
- Summary: A 43-year-old driver lost control on a regional road and crashed into trees, bringing Victoria's road toll to 202 this year. A forty-three-year-old man died…
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- Source: Abc — https://abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/man-killed-in-car-crash-in-watchem-west-victoria/107254554
- Published: 2026-10-11T21:18:06+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: victoria, mallee region, watchem west, car crash, road toll, major collision investigation unit, news, politics
## Driver killed at Watchem West
A forty-three-year-old man died when his car lost control on Watchem-Warracknabeal Road at Watchem West, about three hundred kilometres north-west of Melbourne, and crashed into trees at four pm yesterday.
## Victoria's road toll reaches 202
The provisional two thousand twenty-six Victorian road toll now stands at two hundred two following the crash at Watchem West.
## Police seek witnesses to crash
Detectives from the Major Collision Investigation Unit are investigating the incident. Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on one eight hundred three three three zero zero zero.
## Key takeaway

A forty-three-year-old man died when his car lost control and hit trees on Watchem-Warracknabeal Road in Victoria's Mallee region on October eleventh.