Five teens taken to hospital amid horror weekend on Darling Downs roads

Just hours after paramedics attended the scene of a crash in Laidley which resulted in the death of a 12-year-old girl, five teenagers have been rushed to hospital following a vehicle rollover on Range Cresent.

Paramedics have responded to a second crash in Laidley in a matter of hours with five patients taken to hospital following a single vehicle rollover late Saturday night.

Paramedics attended the crash on Range Cresent at 10.36pm, finding five injured patients including one in a potentially life-threatening condition.

A male patient in his teens with leg and hip injuries was transported to Ipswich Hospital in a stable condition while a female patient in her teens with shoulder, chest and abdominal injuries was also transported to hospital in a stable condition.

A second male patient in his teens suffered head and chest injuries and was transported in a potentially life-threatening condition to Ipswich Hospital.

Meanwhile a female patient in her teens suffered shoulder and abdominal injuries while a male in his teens suffered a head injury with both taken to the Toowoomba Hospital in a stable condition.

The cause of the crash remains unknown and investigations are under way.

This was the second crash in Laidley in a matter of hours with a 12-year-old girl tragically dying following a vehicle and e-scooter crash on Saturday afternoon, the eighth death on Darling Downs Roads this year.

A Brisbane man in his 60s also died after a horrific crash between a motorcycle and ute on Saturday in Gatton.

Police have urged motorists be safe across the busy Easter long weekend.

Originally published as Five teens taken to hospital amid horror weekend on Darling Downs roads