Brodi Newson-Rayson: Driver flees scene after Irymple crash
A Mildura driver who zipped past a give way sign and smashed into another car, fled the scene without checking on the condition of the other driver. Then his employer called.
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A Mildura man was travelling at least 30 km/h when he ran a give way sign and collided with another car in Irymple, before fleeing the scene, a court has heard.
Brodi Newson-Rayson faced Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, pleading guilty to driving in a manner dangerous to the public.
Police told the court Newson-Rayson on January 3 was driving a Ford Ranger work car along Koorlong Ave, travelling 80 km/h.
He approached the Eleventh St intersection at 30 km/h, according to one witness, when his vehicle collided with the right-hand side of a Holden Commodore.
Another witness estimated the speed to be between 40 and 60 km/h.
Newson-Rayson was said to have briefly stopped on the southern side of the intersection, before driving off without checking on the welfare of the other driver.
The man in the Commodore was taken to Mildura Base Hospital with soft tissue injuries.
Newson-Rayson’s lawyer said his client regretted his decision to leave the scene and was “in shock” when it happened.
After taking off, he went to a friend’s house, where he received a call from his employer, the owner of the vehicle.
His employer told him to go to the police station.
Newson-Rayson, 20 at the time, was said to have lost his job after the incident.
His lawyer said he “rues the decision to this day” and wanted to pursue a career in nursing, having already worked supervising patients with dementia.
Magistrate Michael Coghlan said the Commodore driver, a CFA volunteer, still had a sore shoulder and needed specialised treatment as a result of the collision.
Mr Coghlan told Newson-Rayson “you can’t just run away” when a mistake is made.
“It beggars belief to me, in my view, for you to be involved in such a significant car accident and have such little regard for what may have happened to the other person that you drive away,” Mr Coghlan said.
Newson-Rayson was released on a community corrections order, on the condition he complete 100 hours of unpaid community work.
He will lose his licence and be disqualified from driving for 12 months.
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