One dead, another trapped in Vic smash

One person is dead and another is injured after a collision in the Macedon Ranges.

A man in his 40s has been taken to hospital after being trapped after the truck and car crashed in Lancefield about midday on Monday, Ambulance Victoria say.

The driver of the car, who is yet to be identified, died at the scene, his death taking the state's provisional road toll to 245, three more than at the same time last year.