- Woman killed in horror crash between two vehicles
- Teenage boy is arrested
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A teenager has been arrested over a horror crash that left a woman dead when the young driver allegedly ran a red light in a stolen Audi before crashing into her car.
The collision happened at 9.47am on Thursday on Dohles Rocks Road, at Murrumba Downs, in Brisbane’s north.
The Audi crashed into a Toyota sedan before the vehicle crashed into a police vehicle.
A teenager has been arrested over a horror crash that left a woman dead when the young driver allegedly ran a red light in a stolen Audi before crashing into her car (crash scene photo)
Emergency services rushed to the scene and quickly tried to free the 69-year-old woman from the Toyota, but she could not be saved.
The 16-year-old driver of the allegedly stolen Audi was later arrested and taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with significant leg wounds.
He is currently under police guard in hospital.
Queensland police are investigating whether the teenager ran a red light before the Audi crashed into the Toyota sedan.
Chief Inspector Adam Guild said the massacre began when the 16-year-old male perpetrator allegedly hijacked a car from a female victim at gunpoint.
Police set up cordons and patrols in the Moreton Bay area to locate the suspected stolen vehicle, he said, but the blue Audi sedan crashed at the McClintock-Dohles Rocks Road intersection.
Queensland police are investigating whether the teen may have run a red light before the Audi crashed into the Toyota sedan (police photo at the scene)
Superintendent Guild said the boy was known to police and described the crash as ‘high-impact’ and ‘very tragic’.
Newly elected Queensland Premier David Crisafulli issued a statement in which X expressed his condolences to the elderly victim’s loved ones and family members.
“I am receiving ongoing briefings regarding the tragic incident that occurred at Murrumba Downs this morning,” the statement said.
“Although the investigation is still in its early stages, the news of what happened is, as it was for me, harrowing for the people of Queensland.
“A family is coping with the loss of a loved one and the thoughts and prayers of the entire state are with them.”
Two police officers were also injured when the suspected stolen vehicle crashed into their police vehicle.
Two other patients were also injured after the horror accident and were treated at the scene for minor injuries.
Two police officers were also injured when the suspected stolen vehicle crashed into their police vehicle (photo of a police officer at the scene of the accident on Thursday)
Newly elected Queensland Premier David Crisafulli (pictured) made a statement about X and offered his condolences to loved ones and relatives of the elderly victim
Two other patients were also injured after the horror crash and were treated at the scene for minor injuries (photo police at the crash scene)
Police reportedly found a firearm in the car and Superintendent Guild said at no point did officers pursue the allegedly stolen Audi.
Several lanes on Dohles Rocks Road have now reopened after motorists were told the intersection of Dohles Rocks Road and McClintock Drive was closed.
The Audi and the Toyota were removed from the scene by tow trucks.
This was said by a resident near the area Courier mail she heard a loud bang around 9:30 am.
The teenager, Queensland Police Chief Inspector Adam Guild (pictured), was known to police
‘When I [looked] It was just a mess outside,” she said.
Other locals reported hearing the sounds of emergency vehicles approaching the scene before first responders attempted to revive the victim.
Another resident, Todd Whisson, who lives on Dohles Rocks Road, said he was about to start his art class when one of his students saw a car following her for several miles.
“So she came to my house to park for class and the car kept going and she was like, ‘Oh, that’s good, they’re gone,’” Mr. Whisson said.