A 20-year-old man who allegedly ran a red light in his Mercedes-Benz and crashed into a taxi, killing the driver, blew more than three times over the legal limit.
Farshad Bahadori Esfehani was granted bail when he appeared before a justice of the peace yesterday in the Auckland District Court.
Esfehani, a Mt Roskill resident, has been charged with driving with excess breath alcohol causing death, driving with excess breath alcohol causing injury, and failure to stop and ascertain injury.
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Court documents show that Esfehani blew a breath alcohol reading of 908mcg of alcohol per litre of breath.