Stolen car crashed in Aitkenvale
Police are after two suspects leapt from a speeding stolen car which had caught fire after a series of crashes.
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Police are after two suspects leapt from a speeding stolen car which had caught fire after a series of crashes.
About 3am today police were called after a witness saw a Toyota Kluger, which had been stolen from Kirwan, crash into another vehicle on Beck Rd, Condon.
Eastern Patrol Group Acting Inspector Steve Batterham said the witness followed the stolen Toyota and saw it “suddenly” catch fire.
He said two suspects exited the burning car and fled on foot. Insp Batterham suspected the thieves would have suffered injuries after jumping from the speeding SUV.
Once the thieves leapt from the flaming Kluger, it continued to roll and crash into the front driver’s side of a four-wheel-drive along Thuringowa Dr in Kirwan, pushing it a number of metres.
A member of the public extinguished the fire before firefighters arrived.
“The actions of that person who put out the fire is to be praised. If it had of been into a fence a blaze could have started there,” Insp Batterham said.
The dog squad was called and detectives are continuing to investigate the car theft.
The two suspects remain on the loose.
Insp Batterham urged witnesses to contact police to help with investigations.
“We just reiterate to the community we really need your help stopping crime,” he said.
He said witness accounts had resulted in a number of recent property related offences, including car thefts.
Insp Batterham said a number of stolen cars remained unaccounted for as of this morning.
These stolen cars include a silver Mazda BT-50 and grey Volkswagen Tiguan stolen from Oonoonba, a white Ford Everest taken from Pallarenda, a blue Ford Falcon stolen from Burdell and a white Toyota Prado taken from Mount Low.
The crash comes a day after a teenage boy was injured in another stolen car crash.
The boy, 15, was arrested after he crashed a Toyota LandCruiser into a property fence at Heatley.
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Originally published as Stolen car crashed in Aitkenvale