We were told the car was totaled...

My boyfriend accidentally hit a wall while at a gas station a couple weeks ago (no judgement, please). He doesn't know what to do with the car as he doesn't have the money to fix it and was told it was totaled (by my understanding, a car is totaled if one doesn't have the money to repair the car if the repairs cost more than the car is worth). I'm just wondering, does it make sense to sell the car for parts or should he try to save the money to repair the car? Again, I don't know very many details, I'm just trying to help him out.