Police search for teenager bailed over fatal crash

The teen faced a children's court on Friday after being charged with culpable driving causing death and was released on bail after a judge found the case against him was weak.

Police allege he was behind the wheel of a stolen Jeep that was speeding in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Burwood on July 2 and collided with a Toyota.

Ashburton man William Taylor died at the scene.

The boy's lawyer said the 17-year-old had stable accommodation with his mother, was attending a Melbourne private school and was not on bail at the time of the alleged offending.

The judge found any risk the boy posed could be reduced through conditions, including a curfew.

Two 15-year-old girls were charged with car theft and three other males remain wanted over the collision.

The crash reignited political argument about Victorian bail laws, with then-Acting Premier Ben Carroll denying the courts were going "too soft" on young alleged offenders.