Critical incident declared after teen hospitalised following pursuit, crash in Sydney
Police have declared a critical incident after a 14-year-old boy was hospitalised following a police pursuit and crash in Sydney's west this morning.
At about 12.50am, police saw a car driving dangerously on Luxford Road, Whalan.
Police tried to stop the car and initiated a pursuit when it did not.
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A teenage boy is in hospital after a police pursuit and crash in Whalan, Sydney. 9News
A short time later, the car crashed into two empty parked cars and a tree on the same road.
The driver, a 14-year-old boy, was trapped for about an hour.
He was eventually freed and treated at the scene before he was taken to The Children's Hospital at Westmead in a stable condition.
A critical incident has been declared and the circumstances of the crash are under investigation.
The investigation is also subject to an independent review.
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