A teenager from Jurby who caused a four-vehicle accident on the Mountain Mile will have to appear in court.

Rory Craig Bonwick, of Jurby East, sent a postal admission to careless driving but magistrates ordered that he should appear as disqualification was a possibility and can only be imposed when the accused attends.

Prosecutor Rebecca Cubbon told the court that the 19-year-old was driving on the mountain road on September 25.

Bonwick hit the rear of a van which propelled it into another vehicle in front and caused the four-vehicle collision. One of the drivers was said to have suffered a cracked sternum and ribs in the crash.

When interviewed, Bonwick told police he was going to college and that he did not see any brake lights come on on the vehicle in front.

However, dash cam footage that the vehicle’s brake lights did come on before the accident.

In his postal admission Bonwick said that a disqualification may affect his job at a car sales room.

The case was adjourned for a fortnight until December 5 for the teenager to appear.