A young driver allegedly involved in a fatal crash which claimed the life of a rising footy star has had one of his dangerous driving charges upgraded.
The teen, 17, who cannot be named, was allegedly behind the wheel of a Toyota Hilux when it collided with a black Jeep Patriot SUV in Perth shortly before midnight on July 13, killing young football player Nick Campo, 18.
Western Australia Police revealed on Sunday charges against the driver had been upgraded from dangerous driving to manslaughter.
He will face Perth Children’s Court on September 10.
The teen was also charged with three counts of dangerous driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and two counts of dangerous driving occasioning bodily harm.
He previously fronted court from his hospital bed just days after the smash and was granted bail with the condition he does not drive or contact the passengers in car.
However, the latter condition doesn’t apply to one of the passengers who attends school with the driver and is a close friend.
The Hilux was carrying five people including the driver, three 18-year-olds – Nick Campo, Tyler Rowe and Josh Jackson – and a second 17-year-old boy.
The driver allegedly responsible for a fatal collision that took the life of Nick Campo (pictured) has been charged with manslaughter
The group had just left Mr Campo’s (pictured) 18th birthday party when it crashed on Farrington Road in North Lake, south Perth
The group had just left Campo’s 18th birthday party when it crashed on Farrington Road in North Lake in Perth’s south.
Rowe was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital in a critical condition, where he spent nine days in a coma in intensive care and given 50 per cent chance of survival.
Rowe broke his silence on Thursday after he was recently released from hospital.
Rather than focusing on his miraculous discharge from Royal Perth Hospital, he spoke about the night of the crash and his grief for his good mate Campo.
The pair both played for South Fremantle Colts Football Club.
Tyler Rowe (pictured following his discharge from hospital) broke his silence on Thursday
‘I didn’t know what had happened, my parents had to tell me that I was in a car crash, and I was like, that’s impossible,’ Rowe told Nine News.
‘I just really wish it wasn’t Nick, because it has hurt me a lot … I know it has hurt his family a lot.
‘Every time I’d see him like, we would always have a little joke about something. He was just laughing the whole time…he was one of a kind.’
Rowe recently updated his profile picture online to a photo of Campo.
Alongside a heart emoji, he wrote: ‘RIP Campo.’
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