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17-year-old boy dies following police pursuit in Bourke

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27 February 2025, 10:10 PM

17-year-old boy dies following police pursuit in Bourke

A 17-year-old boy died in a car crash following a police pursuit in Bourke in the early morning hours of 28 February. 

 

Three further teenage boys were injured, two of them remain in critical condition. 

 

Police were called to a service station on Burroway Road in Narromine on Thursday, February 27, around 11:15 p.m., following reports of a robbery. 

 

The four teenagers at the scene fled in an allegedly stolen vehicle. 

 

The vehicle was located around 12:08 am on the Mitchell Highway, 15 kilometres east of Nyngan. 

 

Police initiated a pursuit which was terminated a short time later. 


 

Around 12:45 am, the pursuit continued in Coolabah. 

 

Police set two road spikes on Mitchell Highway in Coolabah and Sydney Road in Bourke. 

 

The vehicle continued through Bourke township before it crashed and rolled on Weir Road around 1:30 am.


Police rendered assistance to the four occupants of the car. 

 

The 17-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries at the scene. 


 

NSW paramedics attended to the boys and took them to Bourke Hospital. 

 

A 14-year-old boy has been airlifted to Sydney Children's Hospital in critical condition. 

 

A 13-year-old boy also remains in serious condition, while a 16-year-old boy's condition is stable. 

 

Specialist officers from Crash Investigation Unit are examining the crime scene and a critical investigation team from Oxley Police District will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident. 

 

The investigation will also be subject to independent review.Â