Caboolture ‘burnout driver’ identified as boy, 5, struck by wheel remains in coma

A five-year-old Queensland boy who was critically injured after the wheel of an allegedly unregistered car performing a burnout flew off and struck him remains in hospital as the teenage driver of the car spent the night behind bars.

The young boy was walking on the footpath with his father and brother in Caboolture on Wednesday afternoon when he was injured.

The wheel from a blue Ford Falcon ute, which had allegedly performed a burnout at nearby traffic lights, flew off the vehicle, striking…