A 12-year-old boy has died days after a horror collision involving five cars on the Monash Freeway in Melbourne.

The boy was rushed to the Royal Children’s Hospital in a critical condition with upper body injuries after the crash near the Stud Road off-ramp around 2pm on Sunday.

Police have today confirmed that he died from his injuries yesterday.

 


The cars collided near the Stud Road off ramp just after 2pm police said.© Nine

A 46-year-old Sunbury woman who was in the same Mazda as the boy was also critically injured in the crash and was taken to the Alfred Hospital for treatment.

An eight-year-old girl also in the car was hospitalised with minor injuries.

The three occupants of a blue Mitsubishi – a 68-year-old Campbellfield woman, a 39-year-old Glenroy woman and a six-year-old girl – were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.


Two people are in a critical condition after a five-car collision on the Monash Freeway in Melbourne.© Nine

Those in the three other vehicles involved in the crash were not injured.

The driver of a Volkswagen Tiguan, a 34-year-old Berwick man, was arrested and released pending inquiries.

Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the crash.