Four police officers are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Eastern_Freeway_truck_crash" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2020 Eastern Freeway truck crash">killed after being struck by a truck</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Freeway_(Melbourne)" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Eastern Freeway (Melbourne)">Eastern Freeway</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a> while speaking to a speeding driver, marking the largest loss of police lives in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Police" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Victoria Police">Victoria Police</a> history.<sup about="#mwt71" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-12"}}' id="cite_ref-12" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./April_22#cite_note-12" id="mw3g" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 12;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mw3w">[12]</span></a></sup>
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