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An English tourist who crashed a campervan killing his friend has been fined $3000 and disqualified from driving for 12 months.
David Alexander MacCallum, 23, was behind the wheel of the campervan on Good Friday when it collided with a four-wheel-drive near Blenheim, killing his travelling companion Adam James Birdsey.
Three others in the campervan were also injured, as were the three Christchurch family members in the four-wheel-drive.
In Blenheim District Court today McCallum pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death and six counts of careless driving causing injury.
The court was told he failed to stop at an open road intersection of Jacksons and Middle Renwick Rds on April 6.
The four-wheel-drive burst into flames and the family had to be pulled from the vehicle by locals.
- NZPA
