Four occupants of a SUV made a fortunate escape after a collision with a heavy rigid truck near Laceby on Thursday afternoon.
A Wangaratta police spokesperson said around 12:40pm a SUV travelling towards Laceby on Greta Road failed to give way to a truck heading towards Oxley on Snow Road and collided.
The SUV received heavy damage to the right rear passenger side and airbags were deployed.
Debris was scattered on the Hume Freeway-bound lane of Snow Road at the intersection.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesperson said paramedics assessed and treated two people on scene for minor injuries and two others were transported to Wangaratta Hospital in a stable condition.
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The driver of the truck was uninjured.
The incident occurred while police continued to divert traffic from a nearby truck collision on the Hume Freeway near Glenrowan earlier in the morning.
One lane was opened along the southbound section of the freeway to allow traffic previously being detoured through Snow Road and Glenrowan through.
Traffic was backed up along Snow Road as emergency services cleared the scene.
