THE driver of a vehicle involved in a high-speed crash on Molong Road on Sunday morning remains in Orange hospital in a stable condition.

The man, whose leg was seriously damaged as a result of the single-vehicle accident was driving the stolen Subaru Liberty when it crashed into several trees at around 12.50am.

The man in the front passenger seat was also treated at the scene before being taken to hospital with minor injuries and he has now been released from hospital.

Police are still looking for the passenger who was in the rear of the vehicle and left the scene a short time after the accident.

Police believe alcohol and poor weather conditions contributed to the crash.

MONDAY, 6AM:

RESIDENTS in Molong Road were awoken to a scene of “carnage” early on Sunday morning after a stolen Subaru Liberty, travelling at high speeds, crashed into several trees before disintegrating.

The vehicle’s young driver was left in a stable but serious condition after being taken to Orange hospital for surgery in an effort to save his leg from amputation.

The man in the front passenger seat was also treated at the scene before being taken to hospital for minor injuries, while the passenger in the rear of the vehicle left the scene a short time after the accident.

Canobolas Local Area Command supervisor Sergeant Tony Borland said emergency services were called to the accident at around 12.50am and spent more than an hour cutting the driver from the vehicle.

“It appears the vehicle has mounted the gutter before impacting with three trees,” he said.

“The vehicle then disintegrated, with bits of it all over the footpath and the road.”

Sergeant Borland said the occupants of the vehicle, who were known to police,  were lucky to be alive.

“They could have killed themselves if not others,” he said.

“It’s good they did hit the trees [rather than other vehicles].”

Sergeant Borland said a number of charges would be laid against the occupants of the vehicle and initial investigations indicated alcohol was a factor.

“These young men have done everything that can be done wrong,” he said.

“They were speeding and it was an inexperienced driver who was not driving to the conditions of the road, which was wet at the time.”

Police are investigating whether the vehicle, stolen from Jeanette Place, also contained stolen items.

Police are not expected to lay any charges until the men’s medical conditions improve.

A Molong Road resident, who arrived at the scene shortly before emergency services, said she and her husband awoke to an “awful sound I’ll never forget”.

“It sounded like an aeroplane had crashed in our front yard, it was carnage,” she said.

“We thought it would take an act of God for them to survive.

“It was such a mess I’ve never seen anything like it.”

Parts of the car, including engine parts, were found in neighbouring properties.

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