Teen pleads guilty to crash death of mate

Flowers left at the scene of the crash, which claimed the life of 16-year-old Cooper Ratten, taken last year. Picture: JESSE GRAHAM

A HEALESVILLE teenager has pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death, following the 2015 crash that killed Yarra Glen’s Cooper Ratten.
Media outlets have reported that the 18-year-old, who was 17 at the time of the crash, pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death in the Children’s Court on Friday 22 April.
The crash on Glenview Road, Yarra Glen, occurred on 16 August, and claimed the life of 16-year-old Cooper Ratten.
Nine other charges against the boy were dropped.
More as it comes.