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Huge update in Yatala crash that left a three-year-old boy dead after his family car veered off the road and his mum rushed him to a cop shop to try and save him Three-year-old boy died after crash Detectives investigating if it was deliberate By AIDAN WONDRACZ, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA and OLIVIA DAY, ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA Published: 22:23 BST, 25 October 2025 | Updated: 22:39 BST, 25 October 2025 Police are investigating whether a car was deliberately crashed with a family inside, leading to the death of a three-year-old boy. The young boy was inside the white Mazda 323 with his 24-year-old father, 22-year-old mother and one-year-old sibling when the car veered off Burnside Road at Yatala, in south-east Queensland, at 5am on Saturday. The father left the scene with the one-year-old, while a bystander helped the mother and three-year-old boy out of the vehicle and took them to Beenleigh Police Station. The boy was unresponsive on arrival at the police station and officers urgently performed CPR, however he died in the foyer. The father and one-year-old were found at a Beenleigh address. The father was taken into custody and charged with a related offence and will front court on Monday. Queensland Police are investigating the possibility the crash was deliberate and if the couple had been arguing in the lead-up to the incident, the Courier Mail reported. Detective Acting Superintendent Mark Mooney said police were looking into any possible domestic violence links. The father and mother had been separated for about 12 months. An investigation has been launched into whether a father deliberately crashed a car with his family inside, leading to the death of his three-year-old boy 'There is currently a temporary protection order in place that police took out in June 2024 and that order is still current. The female was the aggrieved,' Supt Mooney said. 'Further enquiries and investigations are continuing into any other serious crimes that may be alleged, and trying to work out exactly what caused the three-year-old's death. 'My understanding is the toddler was unresponsive upon arrival (at the police station). He was in a bad medical way prior to arrival at the police station and as soon as he arrived, police immediately commenced CPR. 'The mother had called Triple 0 prior to her arrival. The three-year-old has sustained a head injury which has caused his death, I understand.' The one-year-old remained in hospital on Saturday, but was not believed to have been injured. His parents were medically discharged before his father was taken into custody. Supt Mooney said the mother and the two children had been living on the Gold Coast, while the father was living at Beenleigh. He said the mother had driven to a property on Coral Street in Beenleigh where an associate of the father lived. The white Mazda left at about 4.50am before it crashed ten minutes later. The bystander who witnessed the crash had been driving behind the Mazda and drove the mother and her three-year-old boy to the police station at her request. A woman claiming to be the three-year-old boy's great-grandmother shared a heartbreaking post on Facebook. 'RIP MY DARLING GREAT-GRANDSON,' it read. Health Minister Tim Nicholls shared his condolences following the crash. 'I simply want to reinforce our heartfelt sympathies to those associated with the families who were involved in this morning's terrible incidents, and my thanks to the first responders for the terrific and often unheralded work that they do that has a terrible impact on them and their loved ones as well,' he said. Share or comment on this article: Huge update in Yatala crash that left a three-year-old boy dead after his family car veered off the road and his mum rushed him to a cop shop to try and save him
