QLD Police arrest teen boy after fatal Murrumba Downs crash

A teenage boy is under police guard following a car crash that killed a 69-year-old woman and injured two officers.

A teenage boy is in custody following a fatal crash in Brisbane’s northern suburbs that killed a woman and left two police officers in hospital.

The high-impact collision, which the police say involved a stolen car, happened at Dohles Rocks Rd at Murrumba Downs about 9.30am on Thursday.

Queensland Police Chief Superintendent Adam Guild said the carnage started when the 16-year-old male offender allegedly hijacked a car at gunpoint from a female victim.

Police set up cordons and patrols across the Moreton Bay area to locate the allegedly stolen vehicle, he said, but the blue Audi sedan crashed at the McClintock-Dohles Rocks Rd intersection.

The Audi slammed into a Toyota sedan, Superintendent Guild said, and then impacted a stationary police vehicle.

Police allege the tragedy struck the McClintock-Dohles Rocks Rd intersection in northern Brisbane.Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Queensland Police Chief Superintendent Adam Guild said the alleged offender was ‘known to police’. Picture: Supplied

A 69-year-old woman was trapped in the Toyota as a result of the impact, he said, and she died at the scene.

“The Queensland Police Service and myself offer our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased,” Superintendent Guild said.

“It’s very tragic circumstances.”

Two officers in the police vehicle suffered injuries in the impact and paramedics took them to hospital for further treatment.

Superintendent Guild said the alleged teen offender was “known to the police” and had matters before the courts.

Murrumba Downs is located in Brisbane's northern suburbs. Picture: Google Maps

The teen boy at the centre of the alleged chaos is now under police guard.Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

The teen suffered non-life threatening injuries in the crash and is now in hospital under police guard.

Superintendent Guild said the police’s Ethical Standards Command would “fully investigate this incident”, including the circumstances leading up to the crash.

He said the police searched the stolen vehicle and allegedly located a firearm inside it.

Polair resources were not allocated to the hunt for the stolen car, he added, and police vehicles did not actively pursue the Audi.

Newly elected Queensland Premier David Crisafulli said he was receiving ongoing briefings about the “harrowing” crash.

“A family is coming to terms with the loss of a loved one and the thoughts and prayers of an entire state are with them,” he said on Thursday afternoon.

Queensland Premier David Crisafulli released a statement on the crash on Thursday afternoon. Picture: NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

“They are owed answers.

“I’ll have more to say about the circumstances surrounding this heartbreaking situation in the days ahead.

“Our priority is to support the family, first responders and a community grieving an unimaginable tragedy.

“While police get to work, I want Queenslanders to know our government is prepared to respond, as we must.

“I want to assure Queenslanders we stand ready to offer support and the action required for a state reeling from this tragedy.”

Mr Crisafulli fought and won the October state election on a commitment to tackle youth crime, pledging to introduce “adult time” for youth offenders found guilty of serious violent crimes.

Originally published as QLD Police arrest teen boy after fatal Murrumba Downs crash