Alleged road rage incident on Melbourne’s EastLink in Wantirna South leaves man critical, children injured (2023-03-14 01:31:03)

A man is fighting for life and four children have been injured in an alleged road rage incident on a Melbourne freeway.

The incident began just before 5pm on Sunday when the drivers of a white Ford station wagon and a Mitsubishi ute travelling north on EastLink in Wantirna South allegedly became involved in an altercation.

Both then exited the freeway at High St.

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As they turned onto Stud Rd and then onto Burwood Highway, the station wagon allegedly collided with a third car, a silver Toyota Rav4.

The Toyota flipped onto the centre median strip and the 52-year-old driver was critically injured and remains in hospital.

There were four children aged between 17 years and five months old in the Ford station wagon and all suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

One of the children remains in hospital.

The driver of the Ford, a 43-year-old Mooroolbark man, has been charged with dangerous driving causing a serious injury.

He has been bailed to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday.

The driver of the Mitsubishi ute, another 43-year-old man, was charged with conduct endangering life and dangerous driving causing a serious injury and has also been bailed to appear in court on Thursday.

There was a 10-year-old passenger in the Mitsubishi ute and they were not injured in the incident.