Three 16-year-old boys have been travelling in a Ford Fiesta when the learner driver misplaced management at 2am this morning.
The automotive smashed into three parked automobiles on Edward Road in Chirnside Park and the impression was so extreme the Fiesta burst into flames.
Neighbours rushed out to attempt to pull the boys from the wreck.
“The gentleman that was driving who was originally passed out woke up halfway through when the car was on fire and was crying and asking for his mum and saying ‘this hurts’,” one neighbour stated.
A 16-year-old Montrose boy within the again seat died on the scene.
The driver from Chirnside Park and his entrance seat passenger from Mooroolbark are within the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Victoria Police detective sergeant Daryll Out stated a number of components are below investigation.
“We’ll be investigating to any extent if there’s alcohol, whether high speed is a factor and the degree of inexperience,” Out stated.
It is known the motive force had taken his mother and father automotive whereas they have been holidaying abroad.
“I think they had a bit of a get together and they’ve just decided to go for a drive,” Out stated.
“Obviously just a bad decision and a catastrophe that didn’t need to happen.”
Detectives have spent Saturday morning attempting to find out how briskly the automotive was going on the time of impression.
That info will type a part of the investigation.
“A young guy, 16, could be facing serious criminal charges that carry a significant jail sentence,” Out stated.
Source: www.9news.com.au
