Police are struggling to identify four passengers killed in a high-speed car crash involving two cars in central Victoria.

The passengers were in a Peugeot that collided with a Toyota Hilux ute at an intersection near Shepparton on Wednesday afternoon.

A driver seriously injured in the crash will undergo surgery as police probe the cause of the collision.

The Peugeot driver was flown to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious condition and the Hilux driver was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.

Victoria Police acting Assistant Commissioner Justin Goldsmith said authorities were having trouble identifying the passengers who were killed, while the ute driver was in shock.

“It’s a really high-speed accident, the impact would have been almost beyond comprehension,” Mr Goldsmith told ABC Radio.

“He’s well and truly suffering the effects of shock from the accident.”

The crash happened at a four-way intersection in a remote area surrounded by farmland and it’s believed no one witnessed the crash.

“It’s not a busy area at all, [it’s] got traffic signs … something’s clearly gone awry and that’s going to be the subject of the investigation as to how those two cars collided,” Mr Goldsmith said.

Victorian Public Transport Minister Ben Carroll said authorities would upgrade the intersection if needed.

“It’s a terrible, terrible incident that has occurred,” he said on Thursday.

“We’ll let Victoria Police get on with their job of coming to grips with what has actually occurred at this intersection.

“Any detail, any information, anything we can do to make that intersection safer, we will.”

Mr Goldsmith said it was unclear if the passengers inside the Peugeot were locals but the Hilux driver was from the area.

“It reverberates right throughout the local communities, but right throughout the broader community in Victoria as well, so it’s incredibly traumatic,” he said.

-AAP

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