A teenager is fighting for life after crashing his car into a house south of Brisbane.

The 17-year-old boy was driving on Warrill View Peak Crossing Rd in Ipswich when his car left the road and crashed into a house about 1pm on Thursday, police said.

He was initially trapped inside the car wreckage, before being freed by the Queensland Fire department in a “prolonged extrication”.

The boy was treated for serious, life-threatening injuries by high acuity paramedics and airlifted to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition

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Anyone with information or relevant CCTV or dashcam vision is urged to contact police.

Investigations are ongoing.