A 69-year-old woman is dead after a teenage joy rider smashed into her car in Moreton Bay after allegedly stealing a car at gunpoint. Two police officers were also injured. It comes on the back of the LNP win and their vow to crack down on violent youth crime.
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00:00It's a horrible sight, an innocent elderly woman dead, her car a crumpled mess, a pure
00:09tragedy, wrong place, wrong time.
00:12QPS and myself offer our sincere condolences to the family of the deceased.
00:18Police allege the 16-year-old offender stole a car at gunpoint on Dolly's Rocks Road at
00:23Griffin, then accelerated at high speed, smashing into the woman's car 15 minutes later.
00:31Also crashing into a stationary police car, injuring two officers.
00:35As you can imagine it was a very high impact collision.
00:39They were going really fast and they've gone head on.
00:41The teen has been arrested and is now under police guard in hospital.
00:46He has severe leg injuries but not life threatening.
00:49Police have also taken possession of a firearm found in the allegedly stolen Audi and are
00:55looking for anyone who saw a possible accomplice in this orange Holden hatchback, registration
01:01906-IP3.
01:04It was seen in the area at the time.
01:06Authorities say there was no pursuit by police of the alleged stolen car before the crash.
01:12Police did have unmarked cars monitoring the suburbs.
01:15The LNP came into power vowing to combat youth crime.
01:19In a statement, the Premier David Christopher fully said, this news will be harrowing for
01:23Queenslanders and that the family were owed answers.
01:27And from the new youth justice minister.
01:29My heart goes out to that family and that victim.
01:31My heart goes out to what they might be experiencing right now and I want them to know that we
01:36stand ready to support them in whatever they might need.
01:40Police are desperate for dash cam of the crash from witnesses.
01:43After claims the teenage driver may have run a red light.
01:47Adult crime, adult time laws are set to be passed by parliament by Christmas.