Teen girls hit bystander

Two hit bottle shop, crash stolen Mazda into vehicle

TWO 15-year-old girls were hospitalised after they crashed a stolen Mazda 2 into a HiLux at the intersection of James and Ruthven Streets in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Queensland Ambulance Service paramedics were called to the scene about 4.30am and treated a 48-year-old woman for shock.

She was not physically injured.

The teenage girls in the Mazda fled on foot and were arrested a short distance from the crash.

Police have linked the girls to a smash-and-grab at the Ridge Shoppingworld BWS bottle shop that occurred a short time prior to the crash.

Toowoomba CIB acting-officer-in-charge John Cunningham said police would allege the girls stole a quantity of cigarettes, though investigations were continuing.

The girls were transported to Toowoomba Hospital under police guard to have their injuries treated.

They remain in custody while police prepare to charge them.

The girls are from Brisbane and had stolen the Mazda 2 from a Brisbane address.

A 15-year-old Brisbane girl was on Wednesday afteroon charged with two counts of burglary, one count of unlawful use of motor vehicle, and one count of stealing.

Another 15-year-old Brisbane girl was charged with three counts of fraud, onecount of unlawful use of a motor vehicle and one count of entering a premises.

Both girls were held in police custody overnight to appear in the Toowoomba Childrens Court today.

Picture: Kevin Farmer SMASH-AND-GRAB: Workers were called in to replace glass panes that were broken when two Brisbane girls forced their way inside the BWS bottle shop at The Ridge Shoppingworld.