A TEENAGE driver fled the scene after hitting another car with his VW Golf at a Herefordshire petrol station, a court has heard.
Charlie Ballinger, 18, admitted driving in a public place without due care and attention, driving in a public place without third-party insurance, failing to stop after an accident and failing to report that accident, when he appeared before magistrates in Worcester.
Ballinger crashed his VW Golf into a Vauxhall Astra at Bennetts of Ross, a petrol station in Wilton on the outskirts of Ross-on-Wye, before driving off on February 24, prosecutor David Whittaker said.
Ballinger was found to have been driving without due care and attention, and with no third-party insurance.
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He then failed to give his name and address to the other driver or to the police within 24 hours of the crash.
Ballinger, of Tump Lane, Much Birch, was handed six penalty points on his driving licence and fined £120.
He must also pay costs of £110 and a £48 victim surcharge.
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