Nelson car crash

Vanuatu seasonal worker admits role in crash, which caused a Kiwi grandfather's death

Stuff.Co reports Reinald Bongnaim​, 35, pleaded guilty to a charge of careless use of a vehicle causing death and two charges of careless use of a vehicle causing injury.

Seventy-eight-year-old, Kevin John Edwards​, of Wakefield, was one of those injured in the two-car crash at the intersection of Lord Rutherford Road and State Highway 6.

He later died in Christchurch Hospital.

The Nelson District Court heard on Monday how Bongnaim arrived in New Zealand last November, was employed in Motueka, and had leased a motor vehicle from an associate.