Teens still fighting for life after horror Ipswich stolen car crash

Two 15-year-olds who were thrown from an alleged stolen car during a horrific crash are still fighting for their lives in hospital.

Two teens, a boy and a girl, were critically injured after being thrown from a car which crashed and rolled on an Ipswich road are still fighting for their lives 10 days after the incident.

Five teenagers were in the allegedly stolen car when the horrific crash happened about 3am on November 7 on Chum St, a gravel road.

Most of the teenagers, who were younger than 16, were thrown from the black SUV wagon when it careened out of control after the driver allegedly dodged a pothole at more than 100km/h.

Two teenagers, a boy and girl, were placed in an induced coma after sustaining life threatening head injuries.

A Queensland Children’s Hospital spokeswoman said on Tuesday, November 16 that they were still in a critical condition.

Two boys who received minor injuries were released from hospital.

A boy was also seriously injured in the crash and taken to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. It declined to comment.

Queensland Ambulance Service medical director Dr Stephen Rashford said a large number of staff were deployed to the scene in an attempt to save the children.

“(It was) a very busy night for QAS across southeast Queensland,” he said.

“We had an ambulance supervisor, ambulance doctor, and many critical care paramedics and advance care paramedics.

“Two patients were critically ill and three patients suffered serious injuries.”

A Queensland Police spokesman said the car was allegedly stolen from an Oxley address hours before the crash.

“Forensic Crash Unit and detectives from the Child Protection Investigation Unit and the Criminal Investigation Branch are investigating,” he said.