A killer teen driver who was high on MDMA when he crashed a stolen Jeep has cried as he was sentenced to more than seven years behind bars.

The boy, who cannot be named as he was 17 at the time of the fatal crash, put his head in his hands and wiped away tears as he learnt of his jail term on Tuesday afternoon.

He was behind the wheel of a stolen Jeep that crashed into William Taylor's Toyota Corolla in Burwood in Melbourne's east on the evening of July 2, 2024.

The boy was weaving through traffic at high speeds in the lead up to the collision, ignoring calls from his five teenage passengers to slow down or stop.

Mr Taylor, who was driving to soccer training, had entered the intersection at Highbury and Warrigal roads when the Jeep struck the passenger side of his Corolla.

The stolen

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