Three people are dead and one other has been seriously injured after a horror crash on the Sunshine Coast involving an allegedly stolen car.

Emergency services rushed to the Bruce Highway at Federal just after 4am after a collision involving three vehicles.

Three people were critically injured and died at the scene.

A man in his 30s was taken to Gympie Hospital in a stable condition with a head injury.

There are reports one of the vehicles had been stolen at knifepoint on Thursday afternoon.

The southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway have been closed to all traffic.

More to come.

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