The 26-year-old driver of a white Toyota sedan was swiftly arrested after the mayhem broke out at the Russell Street and Swanston Street intersections on Bourke Street just after 6pm.
Three pedestrians at a tram stop on Swanston Street were first struck by the Toyota, Superintendent Zorka Dunstan said.
The Toyota then continued on and crashed into a Hyundai and a Mazda.
The driver of the Hyundai was killed whilst two people in the Mazda, which is believed to have been an Uber, were taken to hospital.
Two police officers who were nearby arrested the Toyota driver.
Dunstan said there was nothing to suggest any terror links. The driver is undergoing a mental health assessment.
"There is no ongoing threat to the community, and we will provide more information when available," Victoria Police said in an earlier statement.
"Police have closed Bourke Street from Swanston Street through to Exhibition Street."
Shocked witnesses quickly assisted those injured after the crash.
Earlier, Ambulance Victoria said there had been five people injured; one was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital in a serious condition, two to the Alfred in a stable condition, and one to St Vincent's in a stable condition.
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