Hoppers Crossing: Horror as 15-year-old boy dies in failed carjacking – as three different teenagers are pulled from the crushed wreckage of stolen Skoda
One child is dead and three others are injured after a terrifying carjacking attempt went tragically wrong.
Victoria Police Major Collision Investigation Unit investigators remained at the scene along Derrimut Road in Hoppers Crossing, west of Melbourne, on Friday morning.
The body of a boy, 15, lay under a State Emergency Services marquee as forensic teams worked to establish exactly how the crash happened.
A police spokesperson said the teens, in a stolen grey Skoda sedan, were chasing a Toyota sedan along Derrimut Rd just after 12am in a suspected attempted carjacking.
The Skoda hit the rear of the Toyota, losing control a short time later and hitting a Ford sedan and Ford Ranger.
The Skoda then rolled a number of times, killing the teen.
Checks by police indicate the Skoda was stolen from an address on Yellow Box Street, Maidstone, sometime between March 11 and 12.
A 17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and remain under police guard.
Major Collision Investigation Unit police attended the crime scene
A youth was pulled from the wreckage
Another 16-year-old girl was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
She has been released and is expected to be interviewed by police on Friday.
Footage captured by local newshounds Wyndham TV caught the disturbing aftermath of the bloody car chase.
One youth was seen being stretchered away from the wrecked Skoda.
The police airwing was deployed as heavily-armed officers escorted by dogs descended on the area.
The 17-year-old boy was seen being taken into custody with the help of a police dog outside a nearby house.
He could be heard cursing the officers as they assessed him for injuries.
Other motorists and a dog were also caught up in the incident and sustained minor injuries.
Police remained at the scene on Friday morning. A tent to the right still contained the body of the dead child
Rescue workers at the scene of the shocking crash
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The attempted carjacking happened just down the road from where Simon Michael Davies allegedly carjacked a motorist before embarking on an alleged rampage across Melbourne’s CBD.
Known as the ‘dapper gunman’, Davies attracted national attention in October because of his ‘Peaky Blinders’-style cap and cigar in hand.
And last week, a 19-year-old man was charged after a stolen Toyota Kluger crashed into a tree in nearby Seabrook with such force that the vehicle split in half.
The driver allegedly fled but was later arrested at a shopping centre in Hoppers Crossing.
Anyone with information on the latest incident should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
