One dead in Tamborine Mountain crash

One person is dead and three others are in hospital after a car crashed into a tree on Tamborine Mountain, south of Brisbane.

The group was travelling along Tamborine Mountain Rd when their sedan smashed into a tree about 5.55am on Sunday, killing one of the passengers.

A female passenger was airlifted to hospital in a critical condition while the 19-year-old male driver and an 18-year-old male passenger were taken by ambulance in a stable condition.