THREE teenagers have been hospitalised, with one flown to Melbourne, following a horror crash in Cobden in the early hours of this morning.
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Police say the teenagers were traveling east along Shenfields Lane Cobden when the Holden commodore wagon they were traveling in collided with a tree and rolled around 1.30am Saturday morning.
There were four occupants in the car - three were conveyed to hospital with serious injuries.
One teenage male was flown to The Alfred Hosptial in Melbourne by air ambulance with back and leg pain in a stable condition.
Another male was taken to the University Hospital Geelong by road ambulance in a stable condition with fractures to his arm while a teenage female was taken to South West Healthcare in Warrnambool also in a stable condition.
Warrnambool police Acting Sergeant Stuart Revell said speed was likely a factor.
"The vehicle came to a crest most likely at high speed and has lost control causing it to collide with a tree and then the vehicle rolled," he said.
"Extensive damage was caused to the vehicle.
"We believe it was speed-related, it happened near a high crest so driving to the conditions of the road are an issue, it wasn't an alcohol issue."
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