Woman dies, man injured after car hits pole in Melbourne's north AN elderly woman is dead and a man is injured after a car hit a power pole in Melbourne's north tonight. The 2003 Toyota sedan was travelling north when it collided with the power pole at the corner of Mickleham Rd and Hillcrest Drive in Westmeadows at 6.30pm. Ambulance Victoria spokesman Ray Rowe said paramedics took the male passenger, 82, to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a stable condition. The female driver, 82, died at the scene. The latest death brings the state's preliminary road toll to 28, six fewer than the same time last year.