Zdzislaw Andrzejczak's small car was crumpled after a stolen, speeding Hummer H2 SUV smashed into it in December 2009. (CBC)

A judge has reserved her sentencing decision in the case of a man who drove a stolen SUV that killed a Winnipeg father.

Mark Rodgers, 19, was behind the wheel of the Hummer H2 that ran a stop sign at the North End intersection of Alfred Avenue and Andrews Street and slammed into a much smaller Subaru driven by Zdzislaw Andrzejczak, 47.

The collision happened at about 3:30 p.m. Dec. 11, 2009. The Hummer was going at a speed of about 94 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, police said, citing data retrieved from the SUV's computer.

Andrzejczak died at the scene.

Rodgers, who fled the scene on foot, was later arrested. He pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death in December 2010.

Zdzislaw Andrzejczak, in a family photo with his wife, Jolant. (Family photo)

He was initially accused of manslaughter but that charge was stayed by the Crown in exchange for the guilty plea.

A seven-year jail sentence has been jointly being recommended by the lawyers in the case.

The Hummer was stolen from the parking lot at the Victoria Inn on the morning of the crash.

At about 3 p.m., police tried to pull the vehicle over at Salter Street and Burrows Avenue, but it sped off, court was told during a preliminary inquiry in December 2010.

After chasing it for about a quarter of a kilometre, police called off the pursuit for public safety reasons.

A teenaged co-accused in the case was also charged with manslaughter but earlier this month he pleaded guilty to theft, for helping steal the Hummer.

In return, prosecutors stayed the manslaughter charge.

He can't be named because he was charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. However, the Crown has stated it intends to seek an adult sentence, which means the teen faces a possible prison term of 10 years.

The teen, a habitual car thief, was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet up until about two hours prior to the crash, court was told earlier this month.

The bracelet was meant to keep track of his movements as a condition of a probation for a prior auto-theft-related crime.

The case was remanded to March 7 while a pre-sentencing report is prepared.