Parents charged with manslaughter after boy, 3, dies in Beenleigh Police Station following horror crash in Stapylton

The mother and father of a three-year-old boy who died in a police station following a horrific car crash have been charged with manslaughter.

Bodycam footage released by police on Friday captures the moment the woman, 22, is handcuffed by a detective from the police’s Child Trauma Unit.

It follows a four-month investigation into the bizarre death which rocked Queensland.

The boy was rushed to the Beenleigh Police Station by a member of the public, along with his mother, following a car crash that occurred about 5am on October 25 last year.

The boy allegedly suffered critical head injuries and was pronounced dead at the station.

Police allegedly found the father and a one-year-old boy at a Beenleigh home about 90 minutes later.

They took the boy to hospital for further assessment where he was later cleared.

Specialist police units and officers from the Gold Coast Child Protection and Investigation Unit formed Operation Xray Grid and conducted a four-month investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the crash.

The Labrador woman, who is now 23-years old, has been charged with manslaughter domestic violence against a child, trafficking dangerous drugs, driving without a proper driver’s licence and possessing anything used in the commission of a crime.

The Beenleigh man, 24, has been charged with manslaughter domestic violence against a child and trafficking dangerous drugs.