Home and Away newcomer Nicholas Cartwright crashes 'cop car really badly' on his first day

Nicholas Cartwright recently made his debut on Channel Seven’s Home and Away playing Senior Constable Cash Newman, seven years after quitting the army.

And it appears the former soldier’s first day on set in Summer Bay wasn’t as smooth as he hoped for.

‘I crashed the cop car really badly,’ Nick, 33, told The Daily Telegraph on Sunday.

Funny! Home and Away newcomer Nicholas Cartwright, 33, [pictured] has revealed the hilarious nickname he earned on his first day on set

‘In the scene I jump out of the car I’ve got my hand on my pistol and there’s a scenario inside the building. But I hear the crew start to freak out.’

He continued: ‘I got out of the car and left the thing in drive. I’ve completely spaced it. I’ve jumped back in through the window with my legs dangling out to crank the handbrake, but it’s one of those fancy new cars with the button handbrake, so I sat there with my legs flailing out the window until we hit the wall.’

Nick explained that after his unfortunate mishap, the crew gave him the nickname Crash Newman.

Disaster! ‘I crashed the cop car really badly,’ Nick, 33, told The Daily Telegraph on Sunday. Nick explained that after his unfortunate mishap, the crew gave him the nickname Crash Newman

Nick enrolled in an acting course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art after leaving the military.

Previously speaking to The Daily Telegraph, he said that transitioning from the Australian Defence Force to civilian life was very difficult.

‘I didn’t want to go back to a 9-5 job,’ he said.

Changes: Previously speaking to The Daily Telegraph, he said that transitioning from the Australian Defence Force to civilian life was very difficult

‘I was always in creative spaces before I joined the army and I kind of just gravitated back that way,’ he explained.

Nicholas admitted getting into character ‘makes you feel a certain way and playing a cop on the show is simply the best’.

Home and Away airs weekdays at 7pm on Seven

Passion: Nicholas enrolled in an acting course at the National Institute of Dramatic Art after leaving the military