The two men, who were not identified, were killed on Friday while they were crossing the road.
The teenager, identified only as G K, had taken his brother's car for a joyride and was driving at about 200 kph when he hit the two men, police said. "He was driving at a mad speed and could not stop when he saw the two workers crossing the road," Lt Colonel Ahmed Al Merri, head of the Criminal Investigations Department, told local reporters. The colour and make of the car was identified through CCTV footage of the incident. Some of the wreckage left behind at the accident scene led the police to the boy's home. "The information we received also revealed the boy was often driving in a reckless manner and had not taken driving lessons," Al Merri said. The boy confessed he had borrowed his brother's car and struck the two men. The legal age for driving in the UAE is 18. G K has been charged with running over two people, leaving the scene of an accident without providing help to the victims and driving without a valid licence. His brother has been charged with allowing an underage person to drive his car. The case has been transferred to traffic prosecution.