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Two women, both age 30, were struck and killed on an Australia highway on Sept. 4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Police say the women had left their vehicle to help an injured animal when another car hit them at high speeds<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
The driver of the car stayed and cooperated with police as one woman died at the scene and the other was airlifted to a hospital where she died shortly after<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Two women were killed in Australia after stopping to help an injured animal on a highway, police say.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Sept. 4 just after 7:30 p.m. local time, emergency services responded to reports that “two females had been struck by a car on the Hume Freeway,” in the Melbourne suburb of Craigieburn, per a Victoria Police news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n “It is believed the pair had stopped to assist an injured animal before they were struck,” police said.<\/p>\n “A 30-year-old Beveridge woman died at the scene,” the release stated, adding, “A 30-year-old Thomastown woman was airlifted to hospital but died a short time later.”<\/p>\n