Police have charged the driver of a car involved in a fatal crash on Hamilton’s River Rd in August that claimed the life of a young man and seriously injured his girlfriend.
A 45-year-old Ngaruawahia woman will appear in the Hamilton District Court on 23 October to face charges of careless driving causing death and careless driving causing injury.
Jared Selby was killed on 9 August when the woman’s car allegedly veered onto the footpath, hitting him and his girlfiend Johanna O’Connor as they walked along River Rd.
Ms O’Connor received multiple injuries in the crash and is now recuperating at home with her family.