Overview
- Queensland Police charged a 17-year-old with dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death after a pedestrian was struck in Shorncliffe, Brisbane.
- Police said a black Ford Focus hit the man, crossed the road, went through a fence, and came to a stop nearby.
- The teen was released on strict bail and is set to face Brisbane Children's Court, and officers have asked for witnesses and video to aid the investigation.
- 9News identified the Brisbane victim as 38-year-old Bevon Sapolu, whose partner said she saw the collision and whose trawler colleagues remembered him as kind and hard‑working.
- In a separate incident in Melton, 9News reported seven-year-old Saad Masud died after a neighbour's car hit him while he rode a scooter, and police said they have not laid charges.