Harris Park: Gagandeep Singh sentenced over reckless driving at Marion, Wigram streets

A student using an Indian driver’s licence when he ploughed an SUV into a fence at a busy western Sydney intersection fled the scene and laughed in front of police officers, a court has heard. Watch the video.

A repeat offender who shamelessly sped through a Harris Park roundabout before crashing a hired four-wheel drive into a fence while onlookers dodged him will be free to drive again in three months despite him not holding a NSW driver’s licence.

Student Gagandeep Singh’s case was listed at Parramatta Local Court on Thursday, more than a month after he crashed into a fence and hedges near the notorious Wigram and Marion street roundabout while using an Indian licence.

Police fact sheets tendered to the court revealed Singh thought it was a joke.

“Although (Singh) made admissions of guilt to police in relation to the offences it was clear to police (he) did not grasp the seriousness of his actions denoted by his jovial demeanour, laughing and interaction with his passengers whilst being dealt with by police,’’ it stated.

It was the fourth offence in less than two months for Singh, who has been a student in Australia for two years.

A crowd gathered after the SUV crashed into a barrier at the intersection of Wigram and Marion streets.

While police said the Rosehill man was not well known to them, he has been “dealt with in relation to traffic matters” and received three penalties between Christmas Day and January 2025.

Disturbing video recorded on a phone shows the 22-year-old driving a four-wheel drive wildly through a roundabout on Wednesday, February 12 at 7.45pm when it was dusk.

Singh’s passenger was not wearing a seatbelt.

The clip shows an unrestrained passenger protruding from the sunroof and filming the shocking incident while the Holden Captiva circles the roundabout in a clockwise direction “at speed causing the wheels to screech”.

After another turn around the roundabout another vehicle entered the intersection, which caused the accused to lose his line and control of the SUV, mounting a kerb and colliding with a fence with his vehicle coming to a halt in the hedges.

The facts reveal Singh narrowly missed pedestrians had it not been for the hedges and fence.

Witnesses allege the SUV was “six inches’’ from hitting a child.

Police said the barrier foiled any pedestrian injuries.

The appalling acts continued when he and his passengers fled from the SUV without explanation before returning a short time later.

Police obtained CCTV of the collision from a local business, along with mobile phone footage that a pedestrian shot.

“The footage depicts (Singh) driving the vehicle in a manner dangerous to other road users and the public, with a complete and utter disregard for the road rules within NSW.

“(His) actions put the public at significant risk of harm as well as the other passengers within the vehicle.’’

The SUV damaged the fence but could have been catastrophic towards humans.

Singh can drive again in another three months.

Cumberland police charged Singh with driving recklessly/furiously or speed/manner dangerous, and having a passenger 16 years or older not properly wearing a seatbelt

A charge of negligent driving (no death or grievous bodily harm) was dismissed.

The hooligan was dealt with under section 196, which allowed the case to be heard and determined in his absence. He did not enter pleas.

Magistrate Peter Feather convicted Singh, fined him $2000 and disqualified from driving until June 27.

Dangerous driving at the intersection has raised the community’s ire including business owners such as Jaipur Sweets owner Narinder Singh who blamed “show-off culture” for turning Harris Park into a “criminal hub”

Parramatta Council has proposed adding traffic-calming devices near the “hotspot” roundabout in the neighbourhood also known as Little India.

As an immediate step, the council has proposed to install four speed cushions near the roundabout to reduce speed.

Each cushion will be 12m from the roundabout, except on Wigram St’s south side where a different space is required because of the pedestrian crossing.