One dead, several injured as car hits pedestrians in Melbourne CBD

Online footage shows the driver being led away by police and at least three badly damaged cars at an intersection.One person has died and several others have been injured after a car ploughed into pedestrians and two other vehicles in Melbourne's CBD.

The driver, a 26-year-old man from Melton West, was arrested at the scene and taken into police custody, Superintendent Zorka Dunstan said, confirming a person in one of the hit cars had died. She said he was known to police through "mental health interactions" and he was undergoing a mental health assessment on Friday night.

Supt Dunstan said three pedestrians who were hit at a tram stop were taken to hospital with minor injuries and two people in the other hit car also suffered minor injuries.Supt Dunstan said police were grateful to bystanders who came to the aid of the injured.

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