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A teenage motorcyclist hit and killed by a stolen BMW was planning to propose to his girlfriend later that day.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Bell Street and Victoria Street in Preston, in Melbourne’s north, early on Sunday morning following reports a BMW had struck a motorcycle.
Police arrived at the scene and performed CPR on critically injured 19-year-old Davide Pollina, who died at the scene.
Police believe that two occupants in the BMW fled from the scene.
Mr Polina’s girlfriend Sylvana Kassab was travelling in a car alongside him at the time and witnessed the crash and his harrowing final moments.
She’s since been told he was planning to pop the question to her later on Sunday
‘I was told he had planned to propose to me the day he passed, however, his life was cut too short and I didn’t have the chance to say the easiest yes I could have said,’ Kassab told Seven News.
‘We had so much planned for the future, however, the precious memories we shared will never be lost within me.’
Davide Pollina (right) was planning to propose to his girlfriend Sylvana Kassab (left)
Davide Pollina was killed on his way home when he was struck by a stolen BMW
‘I will never be able to move past this, from life to death he was my person, he will always be my forever.
Mr Pollina’s best mate is also shattered.
‘I know (he’s) in a better place and he’s up there looking down on me and I’m so grateful for him for (and) what he has done for me,’ Youssef Soueid said.
Police say the BMW and a Mazda were stolen from a home on Coonans Road, in Pascoe Vale South, at about 11.40pm on Saturday night, an hour before the collision.
A 16-year-old boy, was arrested shortly afterwards and interviewed by detectives before being released, pending further enquiries. No charges have been laid.
The other occupant remains on the run.
Investigations into the crash are continuing.
It comes after Mr Pollina’s grieving parents issued a harrowing plea to those who were in the BMW at the time of the crash to present themselves to police.
Davide Pollina brought his first car three years ago
Investigations into Sunday morning’s horror crash (scene pictured) continue
Davide moved to Australia with his parents and older sister from Sicily in search of a better life about a decade ago.
Mr Pollina had celebrated his son’s achievement of buying his first car in 2021, writing on social media: ‘You’re our pride.’
Davide was remembered as a ‘handsome and respectful boy’ to locals from his home town in Italy and as avid motorcycle and car enthusiast to his Aussie friends.
Colleagues of the concrete pumper also paid their respects to ‘one of the best’.
At his old worksite, all equipment was raised in the air as a final salute.
A GoFundMe organised on behalf of Davide’s family said he was ‘travelling home on his motorbike … when he was suddenly struck by an (allegedly) stolen vehicle’.
‘Davide was only 19, with a full life ahead of him,’ the fundraiser reads.
