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Firefighter killed, four injured in Mansfield tanker rollover
A COUNTRY Fire Authority (CFA) volunteer has been killed and four of his brigade mates injured in a tanker rollover in northeast Victoria.
The man died at the scene and four other volunteers, three men and a woman, were injured in the accident on the Spring Creek Road at Tatong, north of Mansfield, about 6.30am (AEDT) on Sunday.
"It appears that a fire tanker has rolled, one person deceased at the scene and there's four others at this stage that they're treating at the scene," Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said.
Mr Mullen said the deceased was trapped inside the tanker and pronounced dead by paramedics on site.
Two men were flown to Melbourne hospitals in a serious condition and a man and a woman were transported by road ambulance to the Goulburn Valley Hospital in Shepparton.
It's believed two of the injured volunteers went to a nearby house to raise the alarm and a doctor and an off-duty policeman were the first on the scene.
A man, aged about 42, was airlifted to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with spinal and chest injuries. Another male, aged 52, was flown to The Alfred hospital with neck, back and head injuries.
Of the other injured volunteers, a man suffered head lacerations and a woman had chest and abdominal injuries.
Details of the deceased and the CFA brigade involved have not been released.
Within hours of the tragedy the CFA issued a statement expressing sadness at the death of one of its volunteers.
"We can confirm that a CFA tanker was involved in a road accident at Tatong en route to a fire in the northeast of Victoria," CFA State Commander John Haynes said.
"We extend our deepest sympathy to the families of the victims involved.
"A death of a member bears heavily on the broader CFA family, including brigade members."
The Victoria Police Major Collision Investigation Unit is investigating, together with the state coroner.
The CFA will also conduct a full investigation.
The death takes Victoria's road toll to seven, seven fewer than the same time last year.
