A teenage driver is in custody after a serious crash that left ten people injured at Lake Macquarie early this morning.
Just after 1am, police were patrolling Edgeworth, when they saw a Holden Commodore leave a service station on Main Road.
Officers tried to stop the driver, but he continued along Main Road, driving through a red traffic light, and crashed in to a Toyota HiAce van, being operated as a Maxi Taxi.
Fire crews arrived to find the Maxi Taxi on its side with passengers still inside, while others were injured on the roadway.
The taxi driver, a 46-year-old man, and two female passengers, aged 42 and 24, suffered serious injuries.
The younger woman remains in a critical condition and the driver is in a serious but stable condition.
Three passengers in the Holden – two girls, aged 14, and a 17-year-old boy – suffered serious injuries.
The Holden driver and a fourth passenger, both aged 17, suffered minor injuries.
Three other taxi passengers suffered minor injuries.
All ten people were taken to John Hunter Hospital.
Police are asking anyone with dashcam footage to come forward.
