A teenager has been charged, and his passengers taken to hospital after an alleged stolen vehicle he was driving crashed north of Cooma on Sunday.
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Police inquiries found the vehicle had allegedly been stolen from the ACT on Saturday, and had been involved in numerous offences between Canberra and Eden over the weekend.
A 14-year-old girl, who had also been a passenger, was airlifted to Canberra Hospital suffering a spinal fracture.
According to police, an 18-year-old man was driving a Nissan sedan south along the Monaro Highway, 7km north of Cooma when it left the road and rolled at 8.50am.
Police said the driver had three passengers all under the age of 17.
Emergency services were called, and the driver and two of his passengers, aged 17 and 14, were taken to Cooma Hospital and have since been released.
Officers from Monaro Local Area Command attended and established a crime scene.
The 18-year-old driver was arrested and taken to Cooma Police Station where he was charged with dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm, three counts of cause bodily harm by misconduct in motor vehicle, negligent driving causing grievous bodily harm and unaccompanied learner and receive property stolen outside NSW.
The man’s licence was suspended, and he was given conditional bail.
He will appear before Cooma Local Court on Wednesday, May 17.