A Queenstown man who admitted to causing a fatal head-on crash near Kaikoura has been sentenced to community detention.
Michael Andrews pleaded guilty to careless driving causing the death of 73-year-old David Orchard from the Kapiti Coast.
He was sentenced at the Hastings District Court today to four month' community detention and 18 month' disqualified driving.
The oil rig worker crossed the centre line on State Highway 1 north of Kaikoura in March and crashed head-on with a motorhome.
The motorhome driver, Mr Orchard, died in Wellington Hospital the following day.
