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L-plater charged after Sydney teen's death

A teenage L-plate driver
has been charged with dangerous driving after a 14-year-old boy was
knocked over and killed in Sydney's southwest.The 14-year-old boy was struck by a Nissan Pulsar in Biloela Street in Villawood about 8pm (AEDT) on Saturday.

When
emergency services arrived on the scene, they found the teenager lying
on the nature strip with significant injuries, police said.He was taken to Liverpool Hospital in a critical condition but died at about 6am on Sunday.

A 17-year-old was later arrested at a nearby house and taken to Bankstown Police Station where he was later released.

He underwent mandatory blood and urine tests.

He
was re-arrested on Sunday afternoon and charged with dangerous driving
occasioning death, negligent driving occasioning death and being an
unaccompanied learner driver.He has been refused bail to appear in Parramatta Children's Court on Monday.

The
Crash Investigation Unit are continuing investigations into the crash
and cannot rule out laying further charges, police said.Anyone
who witnessed the collision or the circumstances leading up to it is
urged to contact the Metropolitan CIU or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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Added: Feb-12-2012 Occurred On: Feb-12-2012
By: DirtyUncleBerty
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Tags: L, plater, kills, 14, year, old
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (load item map)
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  • cars are not toys.

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  • Talk about learning the hard way.

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  • L-plate drivers are dangerous, but not nearly as bad as M-plate drivers.
    Don't even get me started on N-platers...

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  • It's the pedestrian who should've been wearing plate.

    Naaw, that's a sad story.

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  • Charged as a child, yet you are allowed to learn to drive a 1,000 kilo death machine?

    To be honest you shouldn't be able to get your license until you are 18+ and out of school.

    Most kids just are not mature enough, especially boys.

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