Woman dies after other driver allegedly flees crash scene in Melbourne's west

A woman has died after she was involved in an alleged hit-run collision in Melbourne's south-west.

The 53-year-old woman was rushed to hospital after the two car-crash on Dunnings Road in Point Cook about 11pm on Friday.

Victoria Police were told a purple Holden Commodore was travelling west when it allegedly ran a red light at the Broadwalk Boulevard intersection and crashed into a grey Volkswagen Golf travelling south.

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The woman was driving the Volkswagen, which allegedly flipped and rolled through a traffic light, a sign pole and into a tree, leaving her in a critical condition.

The Point Cook woman was rushed to hospital, but died yesterday.

The 25-year-old man who was driving the Holden allegedly ran from the scene of the crash, while his passenger stayed behind.

He was arrested at a property shortly after the crash.

He has been charged with negligently causing serious injury, failing to stop and render assistance and other traffic offences.

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Investigations are on going, with police asking that anyone who was travelling along Dunnings Road prior to the collision and may have seen the purple Holden Commodore to contact them.

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