Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives have charged a driver following a fatal collision in Lucas on 10 August 2024.
It's alleged a silver Mazda sedan collided with a white Toyota Prado on Carngham Road near Finchs Road just after 7pm.
A passenger from the Mazda, a 6-year-old Winter Valley child, died at the scene.
A second passenger from the Mazda, a 13-year-old Winter Valley child, was airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the Mazda, a Winter Valley woman, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver and sole occupant of the Toyota, a 78-year-old Haddon man, was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The Mazda driver, a 42-year-old Winter Valley woman, has today been charged with dangerous driving causing death, drive in a manner dangerous, careless driving, fail to give way at an intersection and unrestrained child.
She has been bailed to appear in Ballarat Magistrates' Court tomorrow, 8 April.
