Elderly driver charged after teen hit and killed on NSW footpath

A 90-year-old woman has been charged over a crash that killed a teenage boy in Sydney’s northwest last year.

Emergency services were called to Carlingford around 11.15am on December 1, after reports a car had left the road and hit two teenage boys walking on the footpath.

A 17-year-old boy died at the scene, while another boy, also aged 17, was taken to hospital with a head injury.

The driver of the vehicle, a 90-year-old woman from Epping, suffered a leg injury and was taken to hospital, where she underwent mandatory testing.

Following investigations, she was charged on Sunday evening with negligent driving occasioning death and negligent driving.

She is due to appear in Burwood Local Court on Monday 15 May 2023.