VINELAND, N.J. — Police in New Jersey say a man told officers he fled the scene of an auto accident because he “didn’t want to deal with his girlfriend yelling at him.”

They say David Scarpa was having an argument with his girlfriend Sunday night when he backed into a utility pole in Cumberland County. The caller who reported the hit-and-run said he heard people “yelling” and then heard a bang and saw debris on the ground by the pole.

Police say the 21-year-old then took off and didn’t report the accident.

Scarpa went to police to turn himself in today.