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Two women, both age 30, were struck and killed on an Australia highway on Sept. 4

Police say the women had left their vehicle to help an injured animal when another car hit them at high speeds

The driver of the car stayed and cooperated with police as one woman died at the scene and the other was airlifted to a hospital where she died shortly after

Two women were killed in Australia after stopping to help an injured animal on a highway, police say.

On Thursday, Sept. 4 just after 7:30 p.m. local time, emergency services responded to reports that "two females had been struck by a car on the Hume Freeway," in the Melbourne suburb of Craigieburn, per a Victoria Police news release .

"It is believed the pair had stopped to assist an injured animal before they were struck,"

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