Tag: fatal crash
Police accused of ‘professional incompetence’
Police have been given a dressing down in court for “professional incompetence” for failing to provide victim impact statements well ahead of a bus driver’s sentencing for a fatal crash.
Truck in fatal crash ‘had significant blind spots’
A cyclist killed by a left-turning truck was inside the driver’s “significant blind spots” said the Crown as the truckie’s trial began in the Christchurch District Court. [Updated report.]
$10,000 payment ordered in fatal crash case
A $10,000 payment has been ordered to the family of a young driver killed in a highway crash, but they will have to decide what to do with the money.
Families speak of devastation from fatal crash
Two families have spoken of their devastation after men were killed in a high speed motorway crash when their vehicle was shunted from behind by an out-of-control car with a driver having a seizure at the wheel.
Bus driver admits central city fatal crash
A bus driver has admitted that his careless driving – going through a red light in the central city – killed a 45-year-old Christchurch woman and injured a man in the car he rammed.
Adam Kearns bail bid delayed
An application for release on bail for Adam Francis Murray Kearns, son of the so-called “Black Widow” Helen Milner, has been delayed to Friday.
Adam Kearns faces drugged driving charge
The son of Black Widow Helen Milner, Adam Francis Murray Kearns, has been charged with having drugs in his blood when he drove a car involved in a fatal crash in December.
$120,000 payment offer for tourist driving death
A Chinese tourist driver has offered to pay the equivalent of $120,000 compensation to the family of the passenger he killed when he lost control on a back country road.
Tourist driver admits causing woman’s death
A Chinese tourist has taken the parents of his woman passenger to the spot on the shores of Lake Pukaki where their daughter died when he crashed a car nine days ago.
Tourist driver charged over death
A Chinese tourist driver has been charged over the death of a woman passenger after allegedly crashing off a cliff near Twizel last Saturday.
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