Man who spent 14 years on the run after killing his friend while drunk driving is jailed for nine months - as the young victim's sister yells 'don't ever forget what you did' 

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A man who spent 14 years on the run after killing his friend in a car crash which left three others injured has been sentenced to nine months in prison.

Bradley Hazelton, 39, had been drinking on the night of July 7, 2000, when his car hit an oncoming van in Austinmer, south of Sydney, killing his 21-year-old friend Dwayne Nicholson and leaving two others injured. 

In sentencing him over the fatal crash on Monday, Judge Paul Conlon said he accepted Hazelton was remorseful but that this was overshadowed by his thoughts of self-preservation.

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Bradley Hazelton, 39, has been sentenced to at least nine months behind bars after being on the run for 14 years

He killed his friend Dwayne Nicholson, 21, in a car crash in Austinmer, south of Sydney in 2000

After Hazelton was sentenced to a maximum of 27 months and taken into custody, Mr Nicholson's sister Tara Hodge yelled out to her brother's killer

After Hazelton was sentenced to a maximum of 27 months and taken into custody, Mr Nicholson's sister Tara Hodge yelled out 'Don't ever forget what you did, you a***hole'.

Sydney's District Court heard Hazelton went on the run shortly after the crash thinking: 'That was it. My life was over. There was no way out.'

He worked on farms in northern NSW before meeting his wife whom he told about the crash.

Moving back to Sydney for a time, he became a labourer before moving to Russell Island in southeast Queensland where he built a home for him, his wife and their daughter, and set up a window supply business.

'Don't ever forget what you did, you a***hole', she yelled at Hazelton

Hazelton, pictured here with a friend, went on the run shortly after the crash, fearing he would be locked up for 18 years

He was eventually arrested on July 31 last year, after an anonymous tip-off to police

He was eventually arrested on July 31 last year, after an anonymous tip-off to police. 

Last week Hazelton told the court he was 'obsessed' by the death of his friend, but refused to turn himself in because he was scared, The Australian reported.

'It was constantly on my mind everything I did seemed to relate to it,' he said.

'I was obsessed by it.'

Hazelton pleaded guilty to five offences including dangerous driving causing death and drink driving.