Shahzad Khairi Fars Fars, 19, faces Toowoomba Magistrates Court for service station crash

The 19-year-old veered onto the wrong side of the road and crashed into a vehicle exiting a North St service station.

A Toowoomba teenager with a “pretty awful” traffic history has been placed on probation for crashing his car at speed into another vehicle.

Shahzad Khairi Fars Fars, 19, was driving a Toyota Camry east on North St about 4.20pm, February 9, when he veered onto the wrong side of the road at about 85km/h and crashed into a Toyota Triton exiting the service station on the Mort St corner.

The force of the impact ricocheted both vehicles into the service station, Toowoomba Magistrates Court was told.

Fars had his two female cousins in the car with him at the time while the driver of the other vehicle was its sole occupant, the court was told.

Caltex Service Station on the corner of North and Mort Streets, North Toowoomba, where two vehicles ended up after crashing on North St on February 9, 2023.

Police arrived at the scene to find three people being treated by paramedics but, fortunately, no serious injuries were reported, police prosecutor Rowan Brewster-Webb told the court.

Fars told police he had been working out in the sun that day and had felt unwell at the time of driving, he said.

One of his passengers later told police she had asked Fars to slow down just prior to the crash, he said.

Fars was picked up by police on the weekend and appeared via videolink from the watch-house to plead guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, failing to provide identifying particulars to police within seven days and failing to appear in court on September 12.

Duty lawyer Brad Skuse, of Skuse Graham Lawyers, told the court his client was a labourer at a local feed business and instructed he had been working outdoors that day and hadn’t had lunch and he had been feeling unwell and light headed prior to the crash.

Mr Skuse said Fars had no previous criminal history and submitted for a “substantial” fine.

However, magistrate Clare Kelly said Fars’ traffic history was “pretty awful for a young person”.

Ms Kelly placed Fars on nine months’ probation and disqualified him from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence for six months, but ordered the convictions not be recorded.