Traffic crash, Smithfield
Police are investigating an incident where a vehicle allegedly evaded police before crashing at Smithfield last night.
Around 11.15pm police attempted to intercept a vehicle on Captain Cook Highway however it will be alleged the vehicle accelerated away, failing to stop.
The vehicle continued before crashing into a tree at the intersection of MacGregor Road on the Captain Cook Highway.
The driver of the car, a 19-year-old Townview man, was taken to the Cairns Base Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
A 17-year-old Bentley Park woman was also taken to hospital for observation. Three other occupants, a 28-year-old Towers Hill man, a 13-year-old White Rock boy and a 16-year-old boy were not injured.
Investigations are continuing.
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