Teenage boy killed, second in critical condition after Coolalinga crash

A teenage boy has been killed in a single car rollover and the vehicle’s driver is in a critical condition.

Major Crash Investigators are on the scene of a fatal crash in Coolalinga. Picture: Pema Tamang Pakhrin

A teenage boy has died and another is in a critical condition after a car crash in Coolalinga.

NT Police Northern Watch Commander Sean Patterson said the car had been driven “at speed” on the Stuart Hwy before the vehicle rolled near Coolalinga Central at 12.15am Sunday.

Sergeant Patterson said the 15-year-old front passenger and 14-year-old driver were thrown from the vehicle.

He said another motorist stopped at the scene to give CPR to one of the boys until St John NT paramedics arrived and took over treatment.

Traffic diversions were in place on the Stuart Hwy towards Coolalinga after a teenage boy was killed in a single car rollover on Sunday.

Sergeant Patterson said the passenger was declared deceased at the scene and the driver was taken to Royal Darwin Hospital for surgery in a critical but stable condition.

He said a third boy, 15, was also in the back seat of the car but only suffered minor injuries.

Sergeant Patterson said police understood the car was not stolen but may have been “borrowed” from a family member.

He said traffic diversions were in place as of 6am and the Stuart Hwy was blocked heading south at the Virginia Rd intersection.

Sergeant Patterson said he expected the diversions would be in place until midmorning while the Major Crash Investigations Unit assessed the scene.

The boy’s death takes the road toll to 29 for the year.

At the same time last year it was 49.

Originally published as Teenage boy killed, second in critical condition after Coolalinga crash