{"id":536827,"date":"2026-03-13T02:31:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536827\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T02:31:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:31:13","slug":"teenage-boy-dies-after-allegedly-stolen-car-crashes-in-hoppers-crossing-following-carjacking-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536827\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenage boy dies after allegedly stolen car crashes in Hoppers Crossing following carjacking attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teenage boy has died and several others have been injured after an allegedly stolen car crashed in Melbourne’s south-west.<\/p>\n

Victoria Police said a stolen grey Skoda was allegedly pursuing another vehicle in what police said appeared to be an attempted carjacking on Derrimut Road at Hoppers Crossing around midnight.<\/p>\n

The Skoda crashed and rolled several times after colliding with other vehicles.<\/p>\n

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A teenage boy has died in a crash at Hoppers Crossing. (ABC News)<\/p>\n

A 15-year-old boy who was thrown from the vehicle died at the scene and a 17-year-old boy and 16-year-old girl suffered non-life threatening injuries.<\/p>\n

They were taken to hospital under police guard.<\/p>\n

The girl, who police said suffered two broken legs in the crash, has since been released from hospital and is expected to be interviewed later today.<\/p>\n

A 14-year-old boy who later presented at hospital in the company of his family has been taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Investigators believed as many as five people were in the car and have urged other occupants to come forward.<\/p>\n

The occupants of other vehicles struck by the Skoda were not hurt.<\/p>\n

A sword was also found outside the vehicle at the crash scene.<\/p>\n

Crash followed high-speed chase<\/p>\n

Police believed the Skoda was pursuing a Toyota at speeds of up to 180kph with the intention of carrying out a carjacking when the accident occurred.<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector Craig McEvoy from the Major Collision Investigation Unit said the people in the Toyota were approached by the occupants of the Skoda at a shopping centre.<\/p>\n

“The occupants of the Toyota phoned Triple Zero in fear and were given advice to attend the nearest police station, which was at Werribee,” he said.<\/p>\n

The Skoda followed the Toyota at high speeds through suburban streets.<\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police remained at the scene of the fatal crash on Friday morning. (ABC News: Costa Haritos)<\/p>\n

Detective Inspector McEvoy said the Skoda made deliberate contact with the Toyota before the driver of the Skoda lost control and crashed.<\/p>\n

“This is a shocking circumstance that could have resulted in multiple fatalities,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We could have had multiple youths, kids killed, including members of the public who are going about their everyday lives and have now been significantly impacted by trauma.<\/p>\n

“This is not a Playstation game where you can hit reset and start again. This is real lives, real situations that cannot be undone.”<\/p>\n

CCTV from a nearby business showed sparks flying off a vehicle as it drove erratically along Derrimut Road.<\/p>\n

Victoria Police said the Skoda had been stolen from a property in Maidstone between March 11 and 12.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A teenage boy has died and several others have been injured after an allegedly stolen car crashed in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[58042,1154,11224,43,44,1158,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-536827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-carjacking","tag-crash","tag-fatal","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-police","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}