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July 23, 2009 06:10am
POLICE will hold an internal investigation into a fatal crash at Upper Mount Gravatt after it was revealed the car was detected speeding at 166km/h on the M3 before slamming into a power pole.

A 23-year-old woman was killed after being thrown from the luxury Audi A8 when it slammed into a power pole on Klumpp Rd at Upper Mount Gravatt just off the motorway about 3am.

Pictures: Speeding car hits pole, splits in two

More pictures of Audi A8 crashA 26-year-old woman and the 27-year-old male driver are in hospital in a critical condition.

Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson confirmed the car had been clocked at 166km/h by police radar on the Pacific Motorway minutes before the crash.

Mr Atkinson told a press conference this morning police conducting speed checks on the Pacific Motorway had tried to follow a speeding Audi but lost sight of it.

He said the woman's death could technically be treated as a death in custody because police had been trying to intercept it.

Residents of the house where half the car ended up say they were woken by a loud bang and ran out to an horrific scene in the front yard.

``I couldn't believe it,'' said Joyce Maxwell, who has lived at the address for 30 years.

Mrs Maxwell said the bang woke everyone up.

"I opened the front door and said oh my God and told my daughter to call triple-O", she said.

Her daughter Benita Maxwell said she told operators there were two cars involved and bodies all over the ground.

``There was a girl trying to climb out of the car and another person at the back. Then we found the other girl in the gutter.''

The dead woman was thrown from the vehicle and found in the gutter at the front of the house about 6 metres from the wreckage.

Ms Maxwell said it was too late to do anything to help her.

The driver was found behind the wreckage and another woman managed to crawl out of the car through the sunroof and lie on the front lawn.

A clearly shaken Mrs Maxwell said the crash took out her 20-year-old fountain and a section of the fence, which was only erected three weeks ago.

"Its the first time I've had a fence," she said.

"The state government resumed three metres of our land for the busway and took out all the pine and jacaranda trees.

"The Brisbane City Council only wanted to put in a cheap chain-link fence but I insisted on something a bit nicer. But we had to pay for it," she said.

She said she didnt want to think about what would've happened if the car had hit the house.

"My granddaughter was asleep in the front room. The impact shattered the window."

Benita Maxwell said she thought two cars were involved.

``I rang triple-O and I said 'there's two cars and bodies all over the ground','' she said. ``It was just horrible.''

The impact of the car knocked out the Maxwells' new wrought-iron fence and shattered statues and a water fountain.

Mrs Maxwell said they were told the car was clocked doing 166km/h on the motorway shortly before the crash.

``It's such a terrible waste of a young life,'' she said.

As is standard procedure when police are in the locality of a crash, the Ethical Standards Command is investigating.

The Forensic Crash Unit is also investigating and has appealed for any witnesses to the crash to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000.

i was stuck in traffic this morning cos of this crash..didnt know what it was..its so bad though. 166 on suburban streets is suicide mission

audi engine going cheap

they must of hit that pole with a masive impact i seen a land cruiser hit one at about 80ks and the pole dident budge

absolute crazy crash, sad how an innocent person can die and not the driver

wow...

just watchd it on the news fuk me was crazy!

its even worse becuase the driver didnt even know the girl who died. Was just giving her a lift. Driver is really fucked up tho, if he does survive itll be worse then death for him to have to live the rest of his life knowing what he did and seeing it every day through his injuries.

i swear this is the stupid slut who nearly crashed into me,, 3 times' in a row like 1 month ago .... she was speeding like a fuk head,,,,, had a bogan ass boyfriend in the front seat , baby in the back seat ! weaving in and out of trucks , going through red light's ,,, fucking dumb whore .. I pull up beside them later on down the road near mains road andher gangstar boyfriend is like mate fuck off she's a undercover COP. {yeah ok} her boyfriend didnt have front teeth biggest fuck witt ive ever seen, wish he was dead and she had to suffer ,,,,,,, any one no more bout wtf they where doing at 3 am smokeing crack or what UGLY BIARCH

i feel sorry for the old lady who had a pile of shit in her front yard.. the driver never dies... when they should!!!

thats not right all i can say is i hope that fucker that was driving dies a painful death wen he goes the bastard

man thats just fucked up, i agree with others that the driver is still alive while the passengers are dead, its FUCKING bullshit.

fuck heads, poor old nana has to mow over that shit in the morning

if the kids wanna play transformers tell em to pack up their shit wen their done.

Anything 'unusual' about the freeway exit nearby?

audi going cheap half price =) slight damage haha

only car parks dents,will even throw in a set of new tyres with sale

speed really kill!!

Is this the latest add for sir walter turf?

"grass for high crash risk areas"

lol free audi parts get them while there hot as in seriously hot off the car lol