A 15-year-old driver too young to legally be driving lost control of a car in Brooklyn and struck an elderly man standing on the sidewalk Sunday morning, cops said. The teenager was driving a 2020 Honda Accord north on Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York when he jumped the curb and hit the 71-year-old victim standing next to a utility pole near Hegeman Aves, cops said.
In the hours after the car was stolen, it came into the possession of convicted robber Bebja. Two days later, the Audi, being driven by Bebja, was spotted speeding southbound, near Southwaite services. Despite a police officer ordering Bebja to stop, he accelerated away, the court heard. The car reached speeds in excess of 155mph on the motorway and then, on A and B roads on the outskirts of Penrith, was driven at 110mph.
Authorities say the incident began around 2:40 a.m. when the suspect allegedly stole a Honda Civic that had been left running and unattended near Regent Place and Flatbush Avenue. The man then sped south on Flatbush Avenue before losing control near Avenue J. The vehicle jumped the curb and slammed into a building, splitting the car in half from the force of the impact.
