Five people have been injured after the vehicle they were in smashed through fence in Hillsborough.

A resident told chrislynchmedia.com she heard “a loud explosion on Centaurus Road at 12.45am this morning.”

“It rocked the house and rattled windows. It was extremely loud.”

A police spokeswoman confirmed there was a crash where a car went into a fence at the intersection of Vernon Tce and Centaurus Road.

Police were making further inquiries into what happened, the police spokeswoman said.

A St John spokeswoman said they responded to the crash with one ambulance.

“Our crew assessed and treated four patients in a minor condition, and one patient in a moderate condition at the scene.”