Teen impaled by metal railing in single-vehicle crash

The youth was travelling in a car with two others in Cairns on Sunday night when it veered off the road into a ditch.

A Queensland Police Service spokesman said the teen had to be cut from the vehicle after he was impaled from behind by a metal railing.

He was taken to Cairns Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

The other two occupants of the vehicle were also taken to hospital for observation.