Second teen charged with stealing car before fatal Maryborough crash
A second teen has been charged with stealing a car which was later involved in a triple fatal crash in Maryborough, but police say he was not in the car at the time of the deadly collision.
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A teenage boy has been charged in relation to the alleged theft of a vehicle which was involved in a fatal traffic crash in Maryborough on Sunday.
Police will allege the Mercedes-Benz was stolen from a Maryborough residence at 8.40pm on Sunday.
About 10.45pm on May 1, the stolen vehicle was then involved in an alleged fatal car crash, killing three women aged 17, 29 and 52.
The second teenage boy who has been charged was not in the vehicle at the time of the crash.
Police have found no evidence a passenger ran from the alleged stolen Mercedes-Benz after the crash as initially suggested.
A 13-year-old Maryborough boy has been charged with two counts of dangerous operation of motor vehicle and one count each of driving without a licence and possessing dangerous drugs.
He is due to reappear in court at a later date.
The driver of the vehicle who was involved in the fatal crash, also aged 13, appeared in court in Maryborough earlier this week.
Police allege that 13-year-old boy was driving a stolen car at the time of the crash which claimed the lives of 52-year-old Hervey Bay nurse Sheree Robertson, former Riverside Christian College student Kelsie Davies, 17, and Reach Church pastor Michale Chandler, 29, cannot be identified for legal reasons.
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