A woman is fighting for her life after being struck by a car and pinned against a safety barricade during a hit-and-run in Melbourne's west early on Monday morning.
The 56-year-old woman, from Burnside, was in Truganina inspecting a taxi she owned, when she was hit by a passing car and pinned against a barricade by a driver who fled the scene.
The woman had been standing next to the taxi, which had been involved in an earlier minor incident, when she was struck about 2.30am, according to Nine News.
According to Victoria Police, the tow-truck driver who was at the scene to retrieve the taxi managed to take down the vehicle's registration, with police tracking the driver to an address in Truganina.
The man was arrested and is being questioned by police.
Police investigators were still processing the scene at 5.30am, with Leakes Road closed to traffic between Palmers Road and Marquands Road.
More to come