![The intersection of Toorak Road and Research Road was still closed to traffic at 6.30am on Wednesday, April 5. Picture by Talia Pattison The intersection of Toorak Road and Research Road was still closed to traffic at 6.30am on Wednesday, April 5. Picture by Talia Pattison](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/cMJhfEv9TADJPBxPT74Wz7/ff6aeecd-3a2f-4d3c-bffb-bd017d3312ae.jpeg/r0_376_4032_2643_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
THE Leeton shire community is waking to the shock news four people have died in a car accident.
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Emergency services raced to the intersection of Toorak Road and Research Road about 11.15pm on Tuesday, April 4 after reports a vehicle had crashed into a pole and deflected down an embankment into a water channel on its roof.
Tragically, all four people in the vehicle died at the scene before emergency services arrived at the scene.
Police said formal identification of those inside the vehicle is taking place, but said the 36-year-old woman and three boys aged 10, 11 and 12 were related to each other.
Officers from the Murrumbidgee Police District have established a crime scene that will be examined by specialist police.
Police said there was no further information available at this stage.
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