A 16-year-old boy has been charged after a car mounted a footpath in Melbourne‘s north-west, hitting and killing a pedestrian.
The learner driver was allegedly driving on his own when his car mounted a kerb and crashed into a man on the footpath on Taylors Road in Keilor Downs about 5.40am on Tuesday.
The 29-year-old Kealba man died at the scene.
The teenager suffered life-threatening injuries and was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
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He has since been interviewed by police and was last night charged with dangerous driving causing death and learner driver unaccompanied.
He was held in custody overnight and is facing a children’s court today.
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