Second person dies following Moonambel bus crash

A second passenger has died in hospital following a bus roll over near Moonambel last Saturday, Victoria Police say.

Investigators have been told the bus was travelling south along the Sunraysia Highway about 3.10pm on October 14.

The driver lost control of the vehicle which left the highway and rolled down an embankment.

One of the passengers, believed to be a woman, died at the scene.

A second passenger, an 87-year-old Beaufort woman, passed away in hospital yesterday morning.

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