Second teenager charged over theft of car before fatal crash

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A second teenager has been charged over the theft of a car allegedly involved in a horror crash that killed three women and left another fighting for her life in Queensland last Sunday.

Nurse Sheree Robertson, 52, from Torquay in Hervey Bay, was driving home from work in Maryborough when she was killed alongside Kelsie Davies, 17, and Michale Chandler, 29, in the collision, while Kaylah Behrens, 23, remains in an induced coma.

Police had already arrested one 13-year-old boy over the crash, and on Thursday charged a second teenager.

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The second teen, who is also a 13-year-old boy, was charged with two counts of unlawful use of a motor vehicle, and one count each of driving without a licence and possessing dangerous drugs.

However, police say he was not in the allegedly stolen Mercedez-Benz involved in the crash during the collision.

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Officers also said the initial suggestion that a passenger ran from the stolen car following the crash appeared to be inaccurate, saying they had found no evidence to suggest that had occurred.

The teen is set to re-appear in Maryborough Childrens Court at a later date.

The first teen was denied bail earlier in the week after being charged with three counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and one count of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

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