Four children are KILLED in a horrific crash in a stolen car - as the young boy behind the wheel survives and is taken to hospital
- Queensland Police called to scene of crash in Townsville on Sunday morning
- All four of children killed in crash understood to be aged between eight and 12
- Teenager taken to Townsville hospital in stable condition with minor injuries
- Crash at corner of intersection in city's west believed to have involved stolen car
- Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk called deaths 'tragic beyond words'
Four teenagers have been killed in a horrific single-car crash in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The four teenagers - believed to be aged between 14 and 18-years-old - were killed when the car they were travelling in hit a light pole in Townsville in northern Queensland just before 4.30am.
A teenager understood to have been behind the wheel of the car was taken to Townsville University Hospital in a stable condition with minor injuries.
The crash in Garbutt in the city's west is believed to have involved a stolen car, ABC News reported.
Queensland Police superintendent Glen Pointing said there had been reports of the car being driven dangerously in the moments before it crashed.
Pictured: The scene of a horrific crash in Townsville in Queensland's north which killed four teenagers and left another in hospital
The car was reportedly stolen and driving dangerously when it hit a lamp post in the western suburb of Garbutt about 4.30am on Sunday morning
'At no stage did police pursue that vehicle or try and stop that vehicle,' he said.
Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the loss of life in Sunday's crash was 'tragic beyond words'.
'This is horrific - four young people have lost their lives and there are four families that will be grieving,' she told reporters.
The vehicle reportedly hit at light pole at the corner of Duckworth Street and Bayswater Road, according to 9News.
A hospital spokeswoman told Daily Mail Australia the teenager was discharged on Sunday morning.
He will be interviewed later on Sunday, police said.
Pictured: Police at the scene of the horrific crash on Sunday. Police were called to the scene of the crash in the western suburb of Garbutt just before 4.30am
Queensland Police superintendent Glen Pointing said the driver of the car - who escaped with minor injuries and has since been discharged from hospital - would be interviewed by police later on Sunday
Horrific photos taken at the scene showed the car's mangled wreckage scattered across the road at the suburban intersection.
The Forensic Crash Unit is now on the scene, a Queensland Police spokesman said.
Motorists were earlier urged to avoid the area - a mainly industrial suburb south of Townsville airport.
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