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Boy, 13, charged with three counts of dangerous driving causing death and unlawful use of a motor vehicle

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Seventeen-year-old Kelsie Davies had been accruing night driving hours to apply for her licence when the car she and two church friends were travelling in was allegedly hit from behind, leading to a three-car crash that killed her and two others.

A 13-year-old boy is facing three charges of dangerous driving causing death, with police alleging he hit Kelsie's vehicle from behind while driving a stolen Mercedes, causing her to crash into an oncoming vehicle near the Queensland town of Maryborough on Sunday.

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