Drunk Woman Hits Car in Front of Her Before She Makes a Hit and Run

**kellyhound** · #1 03-14-2010, 04:21 PM

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Natasha Anne Carra, 19, was facing up to 10 years in jail after pleading guilty to recklessly endangering life and aggravated assault over the incident at Katherine's BP service station in June last year.

During her ram-rage, Carra hit one man in the legs before driving off and skittling a second man over her bonnet.
The NT Supreme Court heard a drunk Carra had left a nightclub and drove to the servo about 1.25am.

Chief Justice Brian Martin said she parked behind a car in a bay closest to the entrance doors, beeped the horn, and yelled "move your f**king car".

She and the driver had an argument, and she then shunted the man's car forward with her own, denting her vehicle in the process.

Justice Martin said in her "drunken state" she saw the dent and became convinced the other car had reversed into her vehicle.

A "heated argument" followed - in which Carra was called a "peg leg" - and the 19-year-old exploded.

She drove at two of the men - hitting one in the legs.

Footage then shows Carra reversing 10m, stepping on the accelerator and hitting the second man, causing him to hit her bonnet and roof before being flung into the air.

"You were overheard by one of your passengers to say: 'Don't think I won't hit you,' before revving the vehicle and accelerating heavily," Justice Martin said.

He said it was "very surprising" the victim suffered only minor grazes and bruising.

"You did not apply your brakes or swerve or make any attempt to avoid striking that victim."

In sentencing the judge said he took into account Carra suffered a rare and painful condition that affected her limbs, for which she had been taunted and teased at school.

He said it was to Carra's credit she was a person of good character - and that this was a difficult and "exceptional" case.

She was given a three-year jail sentence, fully suspended for three years, and had her licence disqualified for that same period.