A senior university lecturer must pay $2000 after hitting a cyclist with his car - leaving the victim facing months of rehabilitation.
Raja Peter, a Massey University lecturer, was sentenced in the Hutt Valley District Court this afternoon on a charge of dangerous driving causing injury.
The 56-year-old Porirua man was driving on Hill Rd in Lower Hutt on June 28 when he failed to give way at an intersection, hitting the victim who was cycling through.
![Massey University lecturer Raja Peter.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ORMBAG24ZJXLCI2Q3XOLIPPYN4.jpg?auth=6673cc3f5d59c894c4886566c41eca4c3390b47ff3909241b4e73c08859d62cd&width=16&height=16&quality=70&smart=true)
"The force of the impact threw the victim off his bike and onto the victim's windscreen," the summary of facts said.