UPDATE, 3.20PM – A woman and her primary school aged son have been taken to hospital after their van rolled on a bend in torrential rain near Dartmoor.
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Sergeant Darren Brown of Casterton police said the woman and the boy were taken to Mount Gambier hospital with minor injuries.
He said the accident happened just before midday on the Dartmoor-Hamilton Road just east of Dartmoor.
Sergeant Brown said the van aquaplaned in the heavy rain and rolled. The van was extensively damaged.
Heywood SES and ambulance attended.
EARLIER: Emergency crews are at the scene of a single-vehicle rollover on the Dartmoor-Hamilton Road at Dartmoor.
An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said paramedics were called to the scene about 11.50am on Sunday and were assessing a woman in her 20s and a primary school-aged child.
Ambulance Victoria spokesman said both the woman and the boy were able to free themselves from the vehicle. The woman suffered a hand injury, the spokesman said.