A Canadian tourist whose wife died when their campervan collided with a truck near the Waitomo Caves has admitted a charge of careless driving causing death.
Michele Smith, 60, also from Canada, died in the crash at the intersection of SH3 and SH37 at the turn-off to the Waitomo Caves on February 23.
The Canadian couple and their adult daughter - on a month-long holiday - had just spent four hours on a caving adventure and were on their way to Tongariro when the campervan was T-boned by the truck at Hangatiki just before 2pm.
A 62-year-old Canadian man appeared in the Hamilton District Court today.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of careless driving causing death, and will be sentenced this afternoon.
