Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Lysterfield.
Emergency services responded to reports of a Toyota Hilux utility and a Hyundai i30 colliding head-on on
Lysterfield Road about 11pm on Thursday, 11 September.
CPR was performed but the driver of the Hyundai, a 26-year-old Croydon woman, died at the scene.
A 47-year-old Ferntree Gully male passenger from the Hilux was airlifted to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
He remains in hospital.
The 22-year-old driver of the Hilux sustained minor injuries and was taken to hospital under police guard.
The Malvern man has since been charged with dangerous driving causing death.
He was bailed to appear before Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 16 September.