Two 16-year-old boys are fighting for life after crashing an allegedly stolen car in Melbourne’s west on Sunday morning.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Doherty and Derrimut roads in Tarneit just before 1:30am following reports of a crash.
Police believe a stolen Haval Jolion collided with a Toyota Camry before crashing into a pole.
“Checks have revealed the Haval was stolen from a shopping centre carpark on Hummingbird Boulevard, Tarneit, on May 10,” a Victoria Police spokesperson said.
Three 16-year-old boys were in the alleged stolen car at the time. Two suffered life-threatening injuries while the third suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
They were all taken to hospital.
Acting Sergeant Melanie MacFarlane from the Major Collision Investigation Unit described the crash as “extremely serious”.
“The scene was chaotic and catastrophic. The damage to the vehicle was extreme,” she said.
“They’re fighting for their lives in hospital. They’ve got really serious injuries that were completely and entirely preventable.”
She said it was “lucky” no-one in the other vehicle was injured.
“They’re extremely lucky. They were fortunate enough not to have any injuries as a result of this collision and managed to walk away from what could have been an absolutely disastrous day for everybody,” she said.
While investigations into the crash are ongoing, Sergeant MacFarlane said this type of behaviour by youths was unacceptable.
“It’s out of control. I don’t know what I could possibly say to stop these kids from doing this,” she said.
“This was entirely preventable and now they’re all in hospital fighting for their lives.”
Officers are urging anyone who witnessed the collision or who has CCTV footage or dashcam vision to contact Crime Stoppers.
