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Teenager taken to hospital in critical condition after car smashes into tree at Blackwall Rd, Chuwar

A teenage male is in a critical condition with potentially life-threatening injuries, with a second teen also injured, after a car smashed into a tree west of Brisbane.

A teenage male received serious injuries after a car smashed into a tree at Ipswich on Wednesday night. Picture: Kevin Farmer
A teenage male received serious injuries after a car smashed into a tree at Ipswich on Wednesday night. Picture: Kevin Farmer

A teenage male is in a critical condition with potentially life-threatening injuries after a car smashed into a tree at Ipswich on Wednesday night.

Emergency services were called to the crash at Blackwall Rd, Chuwar, at 10.17pm.

According to QAS, a teenage male who was initially entrapped in the vehicle before being extricated from the wreck received potentially life-threatening pelvic and leg injuries and was taken to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a serious condition.

A second teenage male with abdominal pain was taken to the Ipswich Hospital in a stable condition.

Police investigations into the cause of the crash are ongoing.

Originally published as Teenager taken to hospital in critical condition after car smashes into tree at Blackwall Rd, Chuwar

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