Three dead in Vic crashes

Three men have died in two separate crashes on Victorian roads on Saturday.

Two passengers in a ute died when it hit a tree near Stockdale around breakfast time.

A 45-year-old man and a 60-year-old man, both from Briagolong, died at the scene, while the 63-year-old Bushy Park man driving the ute was airlifted to a Melbourne hospital with serious injuries.

Another man died in a crash shortly after in Cowes, when his car left the road and hit a tree.

SES crews cut him from the car but he died a short time later and is yet to be identified.