A woman who died after a truck failed to stop at a red light and crashed into the back of her motorcycle was a policewoman on her way to work.
The officer was on her motorcycle, travelling west on Boronia Road, Wantirna, when she stopped at a traffic light shortly before 9am.
A truck, also travelling west, failed to stop at the red light and ploughed into the motorcycle, trapping the woman under the vehicle.
Emergency services worked to free the woman from underneath the truck, but she died at the scene.
The driver of the truck, a man in his 30s, is assisting police with their enquiries.
In 2016, more motorcyclists died on Victoria's roads than in any previous year for more than a decade.
In total 56 were killed – 55 were riders and one was a 18-year-old pillion passenger. All of them were male.
A female motorcyclist has died after a collision with a truck in Wantirna this morning. pic.twitter.com/4IqvgWh8Nr
— 7 News Melbourne (@7NewsMelbourne) January 11, 2017
This incident takes Victoria's 2017 road toll to six, compared with five this time last year.