A young court clerk engaged to a country magistrate has died after being struck by a car in Victoria's east.

The relationship between Ashleigh Petrie, 23, and magistrate Rodney Higgins, 68, prompted calls for a judicial review of his capacity to perform his duties after it was made public.

Ashleigh Petrie and her fiancee magistrate Rodney Higgins. Credit:Instagram

Ms Petrie died after being struck by a car at Metung, in East Gippsland, in the early hours of Monday. Emergency services were called to Metung Road about 1am.

"Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of a 23-year-old woman in Metung on Monday," a police spokeswoman said in a statement.