The parents of a three-year-old boy who died in a police station following a car crash at the Gold Coast last year have been charged.
Caden Case, 3, was brought to the Beenleigh Police Station with head injuries after a vehicle he was travelling in crashed into bushland about 5am on October 25.
He was in the car with his father Samuel Ian Paterson, mother Aneshia Daisy Case, and a one-year-old boy when it crashed.
A witness took Caden and his mother, then 22, to the police station where officers attempted CPR, but he died in the foyer.
Police located Paterson, 25, and the one-year-old at a Beenleigh home. The boy was taken to hospital for assessment.
At the time, Case claimed her former partner was armed with a gun, but the court was told investigators found no evidence of a weapon.
Police have now alleged Case, who is now 23, had been driving the vehicle.
She was charged with manslaughter domestic violence offence against a child, trafficking in dangerous drugs, driving of motor vehicle without a driver licence and possessing anything used in the commission of crime defined in Part 2.
Paterson was charged with manslaughter domestic violence offence against a child and trafficking in dangerous drugs.
They will both appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Friday.
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