On a 16-kilometre stretch of highway between the Victorian towns of Stawell and Horsham, there have been six deaths in the past six years.
Drivers 'sitting ducks' on deadly Western Highway stretch, resident says
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| ABC Newsas they published this story | 88.6 |
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