Alleged hit-run driver Jordan Fisher denied home detention bail

An accused hit-run driver will stay behind bars after allegedly causing a terrifying crash where a motorcyclist was knocked from his bike and needed to have his leg amputated.

The man accused of causing a terrifying crash last year where the other driver had to have his leg amputated will remain in custody.

The details of the Freeling crash, on the Thiele Highway on June 5 last year, were heard in the Adelaide Magistrates Court as the Waikerie man charged over the crash, Jordan Lee Harry Fisher appealed for home detention bail.

That appeal was denied by Chief Magistrate, Judge Mary-Louise Hribal on Wednesday and Mr Fisher was remanded in custody.

A police prosecutor told Judge Hribal last week the motorcyclist who was hit in the crash had been able to recount the horrifying moments before and after he was knocked from his bike.

“He recalls seeing two headlights (coming) directly at him and realising he was going to have a head-on collision,” the prosecutor said.

“His next recollection is lying on his back on the side of the road and experiencing pain.

Waikerie man Jordan Fisher has been charged over an alleged hit and run at Freeling. Picture: Facebook

The motorbike lying on the side of the road after the crash. Picture: 7NEWS

“He was airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital, his right leg was amputated that night, and it was amputated to a spot on the high upper-thigh.”

The court heard, after the crash, Mr Fisher allegedly pulled a U-turn, drove back down the highway and yelled out to other drivers who had stopped on the road and said, “I’ve just hit someone or something”.

The couple he yelled to, the court heard, then came upon the scene to find the motorbike rider, a Morphett Vale man, lying in the grass on the side of the road.

The prosecutor told the court other witnesses had given statements to police detailing an hour-long pattern of dangerous driving which culminated in the crash with the motorcyclist, which police alleged happened after he crossed onto the wrong side of the road.

The court heard Mr Fisher allegedly unhooked a trailer he was driving with and then drove off before “avoiding apprehension” for two days.

Police appealed for witnesses who had seen the white ute (pictured) driving along the highway. Picture: SA Police

Mr Fisher was arrested on June 7 and charged with causing harm by dangerous driving, leaving the accident scene after causing harm and driving on an unauthorised licence after a drink driving disqualification.

The police prosecutor told the court Mr Fisher, who has been in prison on remand since the crash, had faced court before and been convicted of breaching bail agreements and driving while disqualified.

Michael Lloyd, for Mr Fisher, told Judge Hribal gouge marks on the road either side could provide a defence for his client to the charges.

He said the significance of those gouges meant it was not conclusive Mr Fisher had crossed onto the wrong side of the road when the collision occurred.

Mr Lloyd said a crash Mr Fisher was involved with after the collision with the motorbike had left his client unconscious which “may well explain the behaviour thereafter”.

Mr Fisher will face court again next month.