Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Guilty plea for crash that killed father and baby

    1. Regions
    2. Southland

    Four vehicles were involved in the crash near the Makarewa Bridge in September last year. Image: ODT
    Four vehicles were involved in the crash near the Makarewa Bridge in September last year. Image: ODT
    An Invercargill man has pleaded guilty over a four-vehicle crash in Southland that killed a father and his baby daughter.

    The crash happened on Winton-Lorneville Highway (State Highway 6), about 150m north of the Makarewa Bridge, on September 2 last year. 

    Matthew Dale Harris (22) and his daughter Ruby Jane Harris (five months) died. Four other people were injured.

    Wilson Prasidh Narayan (46) a labourer, pleaded guilty to six charges when he appeared at the Invercargill District Court this morning.

    They were: two counts of careless or inconsiderate vehicle operation causing death, two counts of careless or inconsiderate vehicle operations causing injury, one count of carless driving and a charge of careless driving related to another incident on October 16, 2020.

    Narayan will be sentenced on March 9.

     

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