Teen seriously injured after being hit by car

A schoolboy is fighting for life in hospital in a critical condition with a fractured skull and punctured lung after being hit by a car while waiting for a bus in Brisbane’s south.

The ute involved in the crash ploughed through a fence after it hit the teen. Picture: Peter Wallis

LATEST: A schoolboy is fighting for life in hospital after being hit by a car while waiting for a bus in Brisbane’s south.

The 16-year-old was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition.

He is now critical with a fractured skull and punctured lung.

11.30am: A schoolboy is in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car while waiting for a bus in Brisbane’s south.

The 16-year-old boy was waiting with two friends near a bus stop when the ute mounted the kerb, hit him from behind and crashed into a fence.

Part of Algester Rd, near Bannockburn Cresent in Parkinson, was closed in both directions while the Forensic Crash Unit assessed the scene but has since reopened.

The P-plater’s car ploughed through a fence and tree, narrowing missing a house. Picture: Peter Wallis

Resident of the impacted house Lee Hayes, 41, told The Courier-Mail he was in bed when the ute came crashing into his fence.

It stopped less than a metre from his bedroom window.

“I came running up and started yelling at the driver ‘Why are you driving like an idiot?’ and he was just like ‘Oh my god, I fell asleep’,” Mr Haynes said.

“As soon as he said that I told him to stay in the car and try to calm down.

The injured teenager’s shoe ended up on the roof after the crash. Picture: Peter Wallis

Mr Haynes said the driver of the car with red P-plates was “just a young kid”.

“This was just a kid who was on his way home from working night shift at Maccas,” he said.

“He’d done a full night shift, he was in his uniform.

“He wasn’t drunk.”

The shoe was thrown metres by the crash. Picture: Peter Wallis

Upon impact, the injured teenager’s shoe came off and landed on the Hayes’ roof.

“His shoe is on our roof,” Mr Hayes said.

“It’s a hell of a long way; you’ve got a pool and then you have a backyard.”

“By the time I got to the (injured) boy, there were so many people around and the ambulance and police had been called because we knew he wasn’t it a good way.”

Lee Hayes inspects the damage to his property following the crash. Picture: Peter Wallis

The 16-year-old was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital where he remains in a serious condition.

The teenager’s friends were uninjured.

Queensland Police Service said the driver of the ute, a 17-year-old male, was also uninjured.

Route 130 and 135 buses have returned to their normal routes following an earlier diversion caused by a temporary road closure on Algester Road. https://t.co/0yBe1Axe8o #TLAlert #TL100s pic.twitter.com/9WPmj45sqL

— TransLink (@TransLinkSEQ) February 27, 2020

Originally published as Teen seriously injured after being hit by car