SYDNEY, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Two teenagers died after crashing a stolen car into a tree in Melbourne's southeast, police in the Australian state of Victoria said on Sunday.

Police said that a passing motorist located the crash scene in Rowville, 28 km southeast of central Melbourne, shortly after 2:30 a.m. local time on Sunday and alerted authorities.

Emergency services attended the scene where the two teenage male occupants of the vehicle, who have not yet been formally identified, were declared deceased.

A police statement said that investigations revealed the car involved in the crash was one of two vehicles stolen from a neighboring suburb earlier at night.

Detectives from the major collision unit began an investigation into the circumstances of the crash.

Police asked anyone who witnessed the crash or with dash cam or CCTV footage to contact detectives. Enditem

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