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Murdoch: L-plater found guilty after causing crash which left a car on fire

Leah RobertsFremantle Gazette

AN L-plater has been fined over $1800 for careless driving and failing to stop after causing an accident in Murdoch last year.

Ali Akhlaghi pleaded guilty to having no authority to drive, being the driver of a vehicle involved in an incident where property was damaged, failing to stop as required to do so and careless driving at the Fremantle Magistrates court today .

Akhlaghi, a 21-year-old from Melbourne, was on holiday in Perth on September 21 last year.

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He was driving down Murdoch Drive in the right hand lane before trying to change lanes in order to turn left.

He changed lanes with insufficient time and collided with a vehicle travelling south.

The vehicle that was hit caught fire and Akhlaghi left the scene without returning.

When he was spoken to by police he gave a full admission.

Akhlaghi had no qualified driver in the car with him at the time.

Akhlaghi said he didn’t stop because he was in shock.

He was fined $200 for having no authority to drive, $800 for careless driving and $600 for failing to stop as required to do so along with court costs of $205.30.