A three-year-old has died and a one-year-old has been taken to hospital following a car crash on the northern Gold Coast.

Police were called to Burnside Road following reports of a traffic crash shortly after 5am AEST.

Early inquiries indicate a person who witnessed the crash assisted a 22-year-old woman and a three-year-old boy who were in the car and took them to Beenleigh Police Station.

The three-year-old boy became unresponsive and died in the station foyer.

A 24-year-old man from Beenleigh, who is believed to have also been in the car, had left the scene of the crash with a one-year-old boy before the police arrived.

The man and the child were located by police at an address in Beenleigh about 6.30am.

The one-year-old was taken to hospital for treatment.

The man is currently

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