A 13-year-old boy has been charged with dangerous driving causing death following a horror multi-car crash which claimed the lives of three people in Queensland overnight.
Around 10.45pm yesterday, an allegedly stolen Mercedes-Benz car was travelling south on Saltwater Creek Road in Maryborough, near Sydney Street when it collided with the rear of a Holden.
The Holden then collided with a Mazda headed towards Hervey Bay.
The driver and passenger of the Holden, a 17-year-old girl and 29-year-old Maryborough woman, died at the scene.
The driver and sole occupant of the Mazda, a 52-year-old woman, also died at the scene.
A 23-year-old woman travelling in the Holden was airlifted to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a critical condition.
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The driver of the Mercedes-Benz sustained minor injuries to his foot.
It is believed a passenger from the Mercedes-Benz fled the scene.
The 13-year-old Bundaberg boy has been charged with three counts of dangerous operation of motor vehicle causing death and one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
He is due before Maroochydore Children’s Court at a later date.
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