A man who crashed his car into a tree didn't stop to check if his passengers were all right as he scrambled over one of them and fled the scene.
Karl Harry Ranginui drove "well in excess of the speed limit" along Moore Ave, Whanganui on the afternoon of May 7, police prosecutor Sergeant Rachel Willemsen said yesterday.
A member of the public, concerned about the way Ranginui was driving, pulled over to let him pass.
Shortly afterwards he lost control of the car, which fishtailed and crashed into a tree, Ms Willemsen told the Whanganui District Court.
The windscreen was smashed and the door was "caved in".