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Woman charged with aggravated careless driving after fatal Whangamoa crash

January 26, 2021
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A 24-year-old Blenheim woman has been charged with aggravated careless driving after a fatal Whangamoa crash in September last year.

Andrew Charles Martin, 58, died as a result of the September 27, 2020, crash on State Highway 6, Whangamoa, north of Nelson.

Police announced the charge today and say the woman has also been charged with four counts of aggravated careless driving causing injury.

She was charged on Saturday and is due to appear in Nelson District Court on February 15.

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