Jason Aaron Kissick: Kingaroy man’s costly bill after burnouts go badly wrong

A Kingaroy man has been handed a costly bill in court, after a ‘silly’ stunt on a busy road damaged a traffic light and put bystanders at risk. Here’s what happened:

A foolish stunt on a main road in Kingaroy has cost a young man his licence and landed him with a huge bill when he faced court.

Jason Aaron Kissick, 21, was left owing nearly $10,000 after burnouts on a major road in Kingaroy went seriously wrong.

Kissick jumped into his Holden Commodore around 1am on June 5, and headed to the intersection of Haly and Youngman Streets where he started performing burnouts in the middle of the intersection.

With popular Kingaroy Hotel located on the corner of the streets, there were multiple bystanders located close by.

While hooning in the intersection, Kissick lost control of his vehicle, colliding with a traffic light and damaging both it and his Holden.

Later that day, police located the parked commodore on Youngman St, with skid marks leading back to the traffic light that was “in pieces”.

The vehicle was towed for a mechanical inspection, with Kissick voluntarily attending the police station the next day.

Kissick made full admissions to police about his activities, including providing footage of the burnouts.

He also told police he’d had no intention of reporting to police the damage he caused to the light, because he “was not aware he had to”.

His vehicle was impounded for 90 days and he was issued a notice to appear.

The court was told the damage to the traffic light amounted to $17,717.

He pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a vehicle and failing to provide details of damage.

Magistrate Andrew Sinclair took into account Kissick pleading guilty at his first appearance, but described the incident as “very silly”.

“You could just have easily have hit some of the people standing around watching, and you’ve caused significant damage,” Mr Sinclair said.

Kissick was fined $500 and disqualified from driving for six months.

He was also ordered to pay $7500 in compensation to the South Burnett Regional Council.