Vic woman dead after car flipped

A woman is dead after a car flipped on a regional Victorian highway.

She was a passenger in the car on the South Gippsland Highway near Koonwarra on Thursday morning when the car lost control and flipped.

She died at the scene, while the male driver, aged in his 20s, was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

* The national road toll period runs from 0001 December 23, 2015 until 2359 January 3, 2016, local times.