Magistrate Imad Abdul-Karim told Marley Kinsela said he would have been hit with more than the $300 fine he must fork out.

But Mr Abdul-Karim was still full of disbelief as to why Kinsela would have driven in such a way that he smashed into the back of a late-model utility.

He refused to believe the crash on July 27 at 9.25pm happened simply because the tyres of Kinsela’s car lost traction with the road.

Kinsela, appearing for sentence in Albury Local Court after previously pleading guilty to negligent driving and one of not giving particulars to owner, told Mr Abdul-Karim he had accelerated too quickly though accepted this was “no excuse”.

Mr Abdul-Karim then asked the 21-year-old why he had fled the scene.

Kinsela said that was because it was the first time such an incident had happened to him.

“I just freaked out,” he said.

Prosecutor Sergeant Andrew Coombs said the compensation claim was “pretty large”.

This amounted to $12,685.61.

The sentencing of Kinsela had been adjourned for two weeks.

That was so police could find out how much the ute’s owner was out-of-pocket as a result of his terrible driving.

“It was a very expensive mistake,” Mr Abdul-Karim told Kinsela in convicting him and also fining him $100 on the second charge of failing to give particulars.

Police previously told the court how the crash happened as Kinsela turned on to Townsend Street from the Albury McDonald’s restaurant.

As he did, the back off-side wheel of Kinsela’s car lost traction with the bitumen.

Kinsela immediately lost control of his car and crashed into the ute.

When spoken to by police a few days later he said he fled the scene because the car obviously was “an expensive new vehicle”. That was outlined to magistrate Rodney Brender in Kinsela’s previous appearance.