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Speeding teen Tesla driver kills man, 76, in Brooklyn hit-run sidewalk crash

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A speeding teen Tesla driver lost control of the wheel and killed a 76-year-old man standing on a Brooklyn sidewalk — and then tried to run away, police said Thursday.

The 17-year-old driver was zipping north on Ocean Parkway in Midwood when he vaulted the curb near Avenue M about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday and plowed into Milorad Rajacic, cops said.

The Tesla continued to spin out of control until it struck a traffic light pole, upending it, then crashed into a parked motorcycle and a bench on the median where a 24-year-old man was sitting.

The man on the bench suffered minor injuries to his legs.

Medics took both victims to Maimonides Medical Center, where Rajacic died. He lived in Old Westbury, LI, according to cops.

NYPD cops investigate the fatal crash on Ocean Parkway and Avenue M in Midwood.

The teen driver ran away from his mangled Tesla but was quickly grabbed near the scene, cops said.

Cops charged the teen with leaving the scene of a fatal accident. He was not named because of his age.

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