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Charges laid over Port Hills crash that killed two sisters

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 14 May 2020, 1:37PM
The crash from November 2019. (Photo / File)
The crash from November 2019. (Photo / File)

Charges laid over Port Hills crash that killed two sisters

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 14 May 2020, 1:37PM

Charges have been laid in relation to a crash on Summit Road in Christchurch's Port Hills that took the lives of two sisters.

17-year-old Tayla Alexander died in the crash in November last year, with her 16-year-old sister Sunmara succumbing in hospital weeks later.

Sisters Tayla (left) and Sunmara Alexander. Photo / Supplied

Sisters Tayla (left) and Sunmara Alexander. Photo / Supplied

A 19-year-old man has now been charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death.

He's also been charged with dangerous driving causing injury and driving without the appropriate licence.

He will appear in Christchurch District Court on May 28.

 

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