Driver injured as smash rips car in half

A 22-YEAR-OLD Noble Park man was in a serious but stable condition after a three-car collision in Doveton this week.
Four people were injured in the crash along the Monash Freeway near the Belgrave-Hallam Road exit at 10.30pm on Monday.
Police said a car heading north on the Monash Freeway crossed the median strip, went through a wire barrier and collided with two south bound vehicles.
The driver of the north bound car, a 22-year-old Noble Park man, was airlifted to The Alfred hospital by helicopter.
Two people in one of the south bound vehicles, a man and a woman, were taken by ambulance to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
The driver of the second south bound car, a man, was taken by road ambulance to The Alfred hospital.
Police said that the north bound vehicle was cut in two by the force of the crash.
Police initially blocked the Monash Freeway between Heatherton Road and the Belgrave Hallam Road.
Police from the Major Collision Investigation Unit are now looking into the cause of the crash.