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Five teens taken to hospital amid horror weekend on Darling Downs roads

Just hours after paramedics attended the scene of a crash in Laidley which resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl, five teenagers have been rushed to hospital following a vehicle rollover on Range Cresent.

Paramedics have responded to a second crash in Laidley in a matter of hours with five patients taken to hospital following a single vehicle rollover late Saturday night.

Paramedics attended the crash on Range Cresent at 10.36pm, finding five injured patients including one in a potentially life-threatening condition.

A male patient in his teens with leg and hip injuries was transported to Ipswich Hospital in a stable condition while a female patient in her teens with shoulder, chest and abdominal injuries was also transported to hospital in a stable condition.

A second male patient in his teens suffered head and chest injuries and was transported in a potentially life-threatening condition to Ipswich Hospital.

Meanwhile a female patient in her teens suffered shoulder and abdominal injuries while a male in his teens suffered a head injury with both taken to the Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.

The cause of the crash remains unknown and investigations are under way.

This was the second crash in Laidley in a matter of hours with a 12-year-old girl tragically dying following a vehicle and e-scooter crash on Saturday afternoon, the eighth death on Darling Downs Roads this year.

A Brisbane man in his 60s also died after a horrific crash between a motorcycle and ute on Saturday in Gatton.

Police have urged motorists be safe across the busy Easter long weekend.

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