Man charged over brother's beach death

A man has been charged after his brother was killed when he fell off the bonnet of a car being driven along a Mt Maunganui beach.

Jordan Lloyd Alexander McGregor, 23 died after he fell off the bonnet and under the car on Omanu Beach in the early hours of the morning of February 28.

His brother Luke McGregor appeared in Tauranga District Court on Wednesday accused of driving with excess alcohol and dangerous driving causing death, The Herald on Sunday reported.

He entered no plea and was bailed to reappear on April 30.

- NZPA