Four teens, child injured in crash at Coolabunia in the South Burnett

Four teenagers and a child have been taken to hospital after a serious crash in the South Burnett overnight in which one teen was thrown from the car.

The Brisbane-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew airlifted a teenager to Queensland Children's Hospital this morning after the car he was travelling in rolled over.The incident happened in the South Burnett region around 1am.It is believed the patient was flung through a window of the vehicle when it crashed. Picture and text: RACQ LifeFlight

A teenage boy has been flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital after he was flung from a car in a horror crash in the early hours of Friday morning.

The incident happened in the South Burnett region at Coolabunia on the D’Aguilar Highway about 12.35am.

The teenager was flung through a window of the vehicle when the vehicle rolled, an RACQ LifeFlight spokewoman said.

He suffered serious head, leg and chest injuries in the crash.

Paramedics transported the teenager to a nearby hospital, where the rescue helicopter landed and flew him to Brisbane.

The Brisbane-based RACQ LifeFlight Rescue helicopter crew airlifted a teenager to Queensland Children's Hospital this morning after the car he was travelling in rolled over. The incident happened in the South Burnett region around 1am.It is believed the patient was flung through a window of the vehicle when it crashed. Picture and text: RACQ LifeFlight

Four other patients were also treated, including a female in her teens with shoulder and head injuries, who was transported in a stable condition to Kingaroy Hospital.

A male child with hip and shoulder injuries was also taken in a stable condition to Kingaroy Hospital.

A female in her teens with arm injuries was taken to Kingaroy Hospital in a stable condition and another male in his teens with head and shoulder injuries was taken to hospital in a stable condition.

A QFES spokesman said the backdoor of the wrecked car had to be removed to free two of the occupants, which had been left trapped.

Originally published as Four teens, child injured in crash at Coolabunia in the South Burnett