Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a man following a fatal collision in Diggers Rest on 6 December.
It is believed a truck carrying grain collided with a number of vehicles on the Calder Freeway near the Bulla Road overpass about 2.30pm.
A two-year-old Caulfield South girl, a rear seat passenger in a car carrying four people, sadly died at the scene.
A 35-year-old man, a 37-year-old woman and a one-year-old girl, from the same vehicle and all from Caulfield South, were taken to hospital.
The woman remains in hospital in a stable condition, while the man and girl have since been released from hospital.
A 62-year-old South Melbourne man driving a Toyota Hilux was trapped under the truck until freed by emergency services.
He was taken to hospital and has since been released.
Two people in another vehicle escaped serious injury.
The truck driver, a 42-year-old Donald man, has been charged with culpable driving causing death.
He was bailed to appear at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court on 18 May 2022.
