Monterey crash: Boy filmed his uncle in alleged street race before he and his brother are killed

Harrowing footage found on a mobile phone inside the wreckage of a Subaru which crashed at Monterey last month, killing brothers Peter and Xavier Abreu, now forms a critical part of the police investigation.

Xavier, 10, and Peter Abreu, 9, who were killed in the car crash in Monterey on August 25.

A young boy in the back seat of his uncle’s car filmed the vehicle allegedly street racing while he directed the driver to change lanes, moments before it slammed into a tree killing him and his brother.

Harrowing footage found on a mobile phone inside the wreckage of a Subaru which crashed at Monterey on August 25, killing brothers Peter Abreu, 9, and Xavier Abreu, 10, now forms a critical part of the police case in court.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal the full extent of what police allege happened that night Jimmy Martin Brito, 33, took his nephews driving, and how the child’s phone helped to track down the alleged driver of another vehicle allegedly involved in the street race.

That driver, Adam Yurun, 24 and his front seat passenger Raquel Borg, 24, were both arrested and charged last week for their alleged roles in the fatal accident.

The scene moments after the fatal crash in Monterey.

Police allege Yurun and Borg witnessed the crash and “drove through the dust and smoke” in the aftermath, but fled the scene and didn’t speak to police until they were arrested almost a month later.

A police statement of facts revealed the alleged street race began just after 9.30pm when Brito and Yurun met at ‘The Loop’ at La Perouse.

Adam Yurun. Picture: Nine News

Closed-circuit TV from various points along the 19km trip to where the crash happened allegedly shows Brito’s Subaru and Yurun’s Audi repeatedly overtaking one another, and at times racing at speeds up to 130km/h in 60km/h zones.

“A video filmed inside the Subaru shows…As both vehicles exit the Sydney Airport Tunnel...the children inside the Subaru can be heard telling the driver, Jimmy Martin Brito which lane to travel in,” the facts state.

Xavier and Peter Abreu.

As both cars approach The Grand Pde at Brighton-Le Sands, police allege the racing continued.

“The Subaru overtakes the Audi. The distinct sound of the Subaru revving its engine can be heard. The Audi continues in lane one, overtaking the Subaru...the Subaru immediately accelerates to a point where the front of the vehicles draw level,” facts state.

But it was while he tried to negotiate a right-hand bend that police allege Brito mounted the kerb and hit a tree, killing the two boys instantly.

The Audi travelling behind didn’t stop, police allege.

Almost a month after the crash, Yurun was arrested at his parents’ Roselands home on September 21 and charged with charged with two counts of aggravated dangerous driving occasioning death, organise, promote race between vehicles and two counts of fail to stop and render assistance after impact causing death.

High-profile defence lawyer Fadi Abbas told Bankstown Local Court that Yurun would abide by his strict bail conditions until he faces court again on November 30.

Borg was charged with concealing a serious indictable offence. She was given strict bail and will face court on October 17.

Brito, who was treated in hospital for injuries and has been released, was charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death and one count of causing bodily harm by misconduct, and remains before the courts.