A 19-year-old man has appeared in the Christchurch District Court for the second time this morning over the death of two Ashburton sisters in a crash on the Port Hills last year.
Around 20 of the girls’ friends were present in court.
The man, who has interim name suppression, was remanded at large until next month while a defence expert reviews evidence of the fatal crash.
He is charged with two counts of dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing injury and driving without the appropriate license.
The crash happened around 11pm on the Summit Road on November 27 last year.
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Seventeen-year-old Tayla Alexander died at the scene. Her sister Sunmara was critically injured and died a fortnight later in hospital on her 16th birthday.
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