<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A teenage boy has been charged after allegedly running over and killing a father-of-five in north-east </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/" rel="" target="_blank" title="Brisbane"><span>Brisbane</span></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The 17-year-old was allegedly behind the wheel of a black Ford Focus that lost control in a boat ramp car park in the coastal suburb of Shorncliffe, hitting 38-year-old Bevon Sapolu.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He died at the scene.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>AS IT HAPPENED:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-april-17-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/f95384a1-2f5d-4d88-9ac7-d41f20746d48" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Albanese reveals how Australia could help secure Strait of Hormuz</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is alleged the boy also hit a tree and smashed through the fence of a furniture store.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> charged him with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, and he was released with strict bail conditions.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tragically, Sapolu's partner of 20 years, Deb, said she witnessed him being hit while picking him up to go out for dinner.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/shorncliffe-fatal-father-killed-allegedly-run-over-after-teenager-lost-control-of-car/8fc6ee94-98dc-4a23-a21f-28787ad70ab3" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>IN PICTURES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/sydney-morning-herald-195-years-most-powerful-photos/91e2789f-3e38-40bc-827e-858b1aa2758f" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>The photos that stopped the nation over the last two centuries</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He was such a giving and caring person," she said in a statement to 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He loved his children, I knew he was trying so hard to do well."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sapolu had been sleeping rough but had found employment learning to be a deckhand on a seafood trawler docked nearby.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/passenger-falls-overboard-carnival-splendor-moreton-island-queensland-sydney/ad00838f-3a4d-4bac-a82d-574503c4682d" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Search under way after passenger 'jumps overboard cruise ship'</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His fellow crew remembered him fondly.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He's been the nicest guy I've had on the boat, very honest, very willing," trawler owner Terry Garratt told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Everybody thought very well of Bevon, he was a lovely man."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a 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