Teen charged with manslaughter after 17-year-old boy died in 'stolen' car he was driving
A 16-year-old has been charged with a string of offences after a teenager died when the allegedly stolen car he was driving crashed.
The boy, 17, was killed following a lengthy police chase on February 27 after the SUV he was travelling in rolled on Wier Road in Bourke, in western NSW.
The teenager was one of four youths who had fled the scene of a robbery at a Naroomine service station on Burroway Road just before midnight that night.
Police followed the SUV and unsuccessfully tried to stop the car.
About an hour-and-a-half later, police tracked down the SUV again and deployed road spikes.
The police chase came to an end when the car rolled and crashed, with the 17-year-old boy dying at the scene.
Two other boys – aged 13 and 16 – were treated by paramedics before being taken to Bourke Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
A 14-year-old was flown to Sydney Children's hospital in a serious condition.
The 13-year-old and 16-year-old were charged after being released from hospital.
On Friday, the 16-year-old was hit with more charges including manslaughter and driving with drugs in his system over the incident.
He will face a children's court on July 10.
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