Emergency services were called to a rural suburb of Port Stephens in NSW at about 10.45pm, the NSW Police Force said in a statement on Saturday. local time.

Police officers noticed that a white Ford Falcon sedan carrying five youths aged 14-17 had left the road and crashed into a tree, Xinhua news agency reported.

A 16-year-old teenage boy died on the way to the hospital. The three injured teenage passengers were taken to hospital with various non-life-threatening injuries.

Police said the driver of the vehicle, a 17-year-old boy, was subjected to a roadside breath test, which reportedly gave a positive reading. He was taken to the hospital for mandatory tests.