Ravenswood driver Bruce Thomas Boyer faces sentencing over 2017 collision with pedestrian

The driver - Bruce Thomas Boyer, 53 - will be sentenced in the Supreme Court later this month after pleading guilty to charges including dangerous driving.

The court heard the victim was on the passenger-side while his friend sat in the driver's seat of the Nissan Navara which they were trying to fix, rolling it backwards down Goldie Court at 2pm on July 9, 2017.

They came to a stop at the end of the court, near where it meets Faraday Street. The intersection is narrow, and there was just a 3.6 metre gap between the Navara and the other edge of the road.

As they prepared to push the car back up Goldie Court, Boyer - coming from the north on Faraday Street - attempted to turn into the court in his Land Rover fitted with a bull bar.

He cut the corner, mounted the nature strip and struck the victim who was trying to get out of the way, dragging him along the road a short distance before he was "pushed clear" of the vehicle and hit his head on the gutter, losing consciousness.

Boyer reversed back into Faraday Street and drove south to nearby Ballina Crescent where he called triple zero, telling the operator: "I just ran over someone, mate".

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The victim was taken to the Launceston General Hospital with a range of laceration injuries, an open head wound, fractured ribs and a fractured finger, requiring surgery.

Prosecutors claimed Boyer was not considered to be driving at high speed at the time, and the collision was not intentional, but the way in which he cut the corner with a clear view of the victim on the road meant his driving was dangerous.

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Defence counsel Hannah Phillips said that, since the incident, Boyer had faced "backlash in his local area" from some community members, including allegations of threats and intimidation.

She said the dangerous driving was a "momentary lapse" and was limited to the cutting of the corner, without aggravating factors such as drink or drug driving.

Judge Robert Pearce was concerned at a lack of information regarding why Boyer was driving in this manner, and questioned various specific aspects of the crash scene.

The matter was adjourned to November 19, when Justice Pearce will determine what type of sentence he imposes.