L-plate teen driver committed string of offences after surviving horrific crash which killed two others A L-PLATE teen responsible for the death of two other teens in a high-speed crash in a stolen ute continued on a ram-raid crime spree after he was released from hospital. The two teens, aged 16 and 14, died when the stolen ute crashed into a 4WD at an intersection on a straight section of road in November 2011. The stolen ute being driven by a 16-year-old was travelling at 122km/h on impact with the other car, in a 60km/h zone, the District Court in Beenleigh was told yesterday. In a tragic set of circumstances, the teen driving the stolen ute, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was the only one in the car wearing a seatbelt. The man yesterday received a six-year jail term for the horrific accident and a string of other offences where he and others racked up close to $200,000 in damages and theft. In the accident the ute went over a traffic island and knocked over a light pole before rolling and landing on its roof about 50m away. The two teens both died after receiving serious head injuries. The driver of the other vehicle, who was making a right hand turn on the road when the stolen ute coming from the opposite direction collided with it, had been drink-driving but this was found to not have been a significant factor in the crash. Crown Prosecutor Jodie Wooldridge told the court even after the horrific crash the teen, after being released from hospital, was involved in a police pursuit at high speeds and a number of ram raids and shop thefts in stolen cars. This included a ram raid of the Hyperdome and thefts of $17,000 of unrecovered jewellery and break-ins of a pizza shop and news agency. In total he committed 33 offences aged over 17 or as an adult, which were committed after the fatal accident, with damages of more than $75,000. This included three counts of dangerous operation of a vehicle and a number of charges for being in stolen cars. As a juvenile he committed 27 offences and racked up $110,000 worth of damages. There were co-offenders in the offences, she said. She said the L-plate teen took "reckless actions" driving at excessive speed on a suburban road with substantial risk to his passengers on the night his friends were killed. Defence barrister Tracy Mossop said her client had a disruptive upbringing and had significant guilt and hurt and relived the trauma of the accident on a daily basis. The court heard he had written a letter of apology for his actions which included an intent to not offend when he was released. Judge Ian Dearden described the accident as a catastrophic loss of two lives that was avoidable. He sentenced the teen as a juvenile for the fatal accident. He said he could not understand how the teen could continue to offend and put other lives at risk after the tragic accident and that it must have been "barely days" between being released from hospital and committing further offences. Judge Dearden urged the teen to consider telling others about the fatal mistakes he had made. "You might stop someone else ending up killing someone or seriously injuring other human beings," he said. He disqualified the teen absolutely from driving. He won't be eligible for parole until 2015.