A woman has died after becoming trapped under a car that rolled backwards onto her with two young children inside.
It is understood the 32-year-old woman was reversing out of the driveway of a Barnell Street home in Craigieburn about 2.30pm on Monday when she hit a water meter.
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When the woman got out of the car to investigate, the vehicle rolled backwards onto her.
She died at the scene.
![An orange tarpaulin covers the driveway where the woman died in Craigieburn.](/web/20170130061156im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/1/l/e/z/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gu1i9b.png/1485755908922.jpg)
Two children, aged seven and four, were in the car at the time.
"The seven-year-old boy got out of the car and ran inside and rang his dad," police spokesman Leading Senior Constable Paul Turner said.
The children were not injured.
Police will prepare a report for the coroner.
DEVELOPING: A woman has been killed after she became trapped under a car at Craigieburn. https://t.co/hwPNxsnslv
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