Tolga car crash: One person taken to hospital after car smashes into Tolga property at midnight
A 19-year-old was taken to hospital after a car left the road, flipped and smashed into a Tablelands home.
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A 19-year-old man was taken to hospital after the car he was travelling in smashed into a Tablelands property early Friday morning.
The vehicle was travelling along Equestrian Dr in Tolga about midnight when it left the road, flipped onto its side and struck a building on the property.
Emergency services responded about 12.30am; paramedics transported the teenager to Atherton Hospital in a stable condition.
He has since been discharged, according to a hospital spokesman.
A police spokeswoman said investigations were ongoing.
“There was a fair bit of structural damage,’ the spokeswoman said.
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Originally published as Tolga car crash: One person taken to hospital after car smashes into Tolga property at midnight
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