Coopers Plains pedestrian fatality: Logan Reserve man, 19, charged

A teenager has been charged after the car he was driving struck and killed a woman on her early morning jog.

The accident happened at Coopers Plains. (File picture)

A teenager has been charged after the car he was driving struck and killed a woman on her early morning jog last week.

Police on Monday night charged a 19-year-old man over the accident at Coopers Plains in Brisbane’s south last Thursday.

It will be alleged that about 4.45am, a Mitsubishi Lancer was travelling west on Kessels Rd when it left the road and struck a pedestrian on a footpath near Riawena Rd.

It was reported that the car, after striking the woman, smashed through a fence and destroyed a power pole.

Police and paramedics rushed to the scene where the man was found outside his car with an injury to his arm.

It is understood a search of bushland along Kessels Rd located the woman several metres from the footpath.

The pedestrian, a 35-year-old Coopers Plains woman, died at the scene.

Her injuries were extensive and she could not be saved.

The 19-year-old Logan Reserve man has been charged with one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death while excessively speeding and driving unaccompanied on a learner’s licence.

He was remanded in custody to appear before Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Tuesday.

Originally published as Coopers Plains pedestrian fatality: Logan Reserve man, 19, charged