A teenager charged with manslaughter over a crash that killed a young footballer has surrendered himself into custody, despite being free on bail. It's alleged the teenager was driving the car which killed 18-year-old Nick Campo and injured five others at North Lakes, south of Perth in July.
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00:00In what the court heard was an effort to show remorse, the 17-year-old voluntarily asked
00:07for his bail to be revoked.
00:09He's accused of driving a ute at a speed exceeding 100 kilometres an hour when it crashed into
00:14another car on Farrington Road.
00:16Nick Campo died at the scene.
00:18Five others were injured.
00:19It's a nightmare.
00:21It's something we can never ever get out of.
00:26It's very hard to describe.
00:29The charge against the young driver was upgraded to manslaughter in August.
00:33He was previously granted bail, but will now be in custody until his next court appearance
00:38in December.
00:39A little bit of solace, a little bit of happiness that, you know, the perpetrator won't be sleeping
00:47in his own bed tonight.
00:48More than 150 people have been killed on the state's roads this year, the highest figure
00:53in eight years.
00:54Campo's parents have been campaigning on his behalf, launching Call Out for Nick to help
00:59educate young drivers and their parents about road safety.
01:02This young child needs to learn from his mistakes and hopefully there's some remorse and, yeah,
01:10unfortunately we'll never pick up the pieces.
01:13New laws introduced last month mean red P-plate drivers will be restricted to just one passenger
01:17in their car from December.