Caboolture teen to face court for dangerous driving charge

A teenager will face court north of Brisbane after allegedly stealing a car and taking it on a dangerous rampage overnight.

A teenager has been charged over a stolen car rampage.

A teenager will face court north of Brisbane after allegedly stealing a car and taking it on a dangerous rampage.

Police have charged a 16-year-old boy after he allegedly drove a stolen vehicle dangerously in Caboolture on Thursday night.

Police alleged in the early hours of yesterday, a red Subaru was stolen from a Rarity Street, Caboolture residence.

At 9.15pm the Subaru collided with a Nissan Patrol on Avondale Street at Morayfield.

The Subaru and teen driver allegedly fled the scene and the driver of the other vehicle was not physically injured.

According to Police, at 10.30pm a 16-year-old Morayfield allegedly boy drove the car to a Beerburrum Road residence where a 17-year-old boy who is known to the driver, tried to stop him driving away by reaching into the vehicle.

The boy allegedly fell as the vehicle drove away and he was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say that at 11.35pm they allegedly saw the vehicle speeding on the wrong side of the road on Pettigrew Street.

Then at 11.44pm the vehicle was found by police, allegedly abandoned in Wallace Street and a search of the area located the 16-year-old boy in a yard.

Police charged the 16-year-old Morayfield boy with one count each of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

He will appear in the Caboolture Children’s Court this morning.

Investigations are continuing and police are appealing for anyone with relevant vision of the red Subaru to come forward.