<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two people are in a critical condition and eight others are injured after a car allegedly driven by a 14-year-old boy triggered a four-car </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/crashes" rel="" target="" title="smash"><span>smash</span></a><span> near </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/hervey-bay" rel="" target="" title="Hervey Bay"><span>Hervey Bay</span></a><span> on </span><a href="http://www.9news.com.au/queensland" rel="" target="" title="Queensland"><span>Queensland</span></a><span>'s Fraser Coast.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police say a white Mitsubishi Lancer lost control on Maryborough Hervey Bay Road at Susan River just after 6pm yesterday, veering onto the wrong side of the road and swiping a white Suzuki Swift before colliding with an orange Kona.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A red Volkswagen Polo behind the Kona was also impacted.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/body-found-in-search-for-missing-northern-territory-girl/d2aa7d07-20a3-4e85-965b-dcae5f71dd4d"><strong><span>Man arrested over girl's death was beaten unconscious before arrest</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 18-year-old woman driving the Suzuki and a 16-year-old girl who was one of the passengers in the Mitsubishi both suffered serious injuries and were airlifted to Sunshine Coast University Hospital in a critical condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A 14-year-old boy who was also a passenger in the Mitsubishi was initially taken to Hervey Bay Hospital before being flown to Queensland Children's Hospital overnight.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A further seven people were taken to Hervey Bay Hospital with injuries including the 14-year-old driver of the Mitsubishi, a 16-year-old girl who was one of his passengers, a 58-year-old woman who was a passenger in the Suzuki, the 19-year-old man who was driving the Volkswagen as well as the 40-year-old male driver of the Kona, and his passegers, a 40-year-old woman and a two-year-old boy.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/ten-injured-in-crash-susan-river-car-driven-by-14-year-old-boy-triggers-four-car-smash-police-news/be97fae5-aed3-4f35-9f0f-0fb88a74e8b8" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have confirmed the young driver should not have been behind the wheel.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I can report that the driver of the first vehicle was 14 years old and did not have a driver's license," Inspector Paul Algie said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said the vehicle was not reported as stolen.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anyone with information or dashcam is urged to come forward to police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The crash comes three years to the day that a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/maryborough-crash-teen-driver-behind-crash-that-killed-three-women-sentenced-to-six-years-detention/598d5d53-fb40-40c9-b51e-d7a59d58764c" rel="" target="" title="teenager in a stolen car killed three people on the same road outside of Maryborough"><span>teenager in a stolen car killed three people on the same road outside of Maryborough</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Algie said that the horrific crash would be fresh in the community's mind today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I have no doubt that as a result of this crash, they will be thinking about this again and it will bring up all of the very unpleasant and traumatic feelings that occurred on that night.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I spoke to the media the day after that crash three years ago and today I will repeat the same message that I repeated then.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Everybody needs to remember that when you get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle, you are carrying the same risk as a loaded gun.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Cars are dangerous, cars kill people, and when they are being driven by inexperienced people without a license, tragic circumstances like this occur.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Parents, caregivers, talk to your teenage children, reinforce with them the danger that they face when they get behind the wheel."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 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