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A second man has appeared in court charged with reckless driving causing death after a man was hit by a speeding car and left hanging through the windscreen without an arm.
Aaron Chan, 21, of Manukau, was with his brother-in-law unloading goods from their delivery van when a
car ploughed into him on West Coast Rd, Glen Eden, about 6.30pm on Monday.
Police last night arrested two men and charged them with reckless driving causing death.
Warren Peter Hughes, 28, appeared in Waitakere District Court this afternoon.
Judge Kerr denied Hughes' application for bail, even though his lawyer David Young said Hughes was prepared to accept a 24-hour curfew.
He said Hughes, an unemployed man from Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa, north of Auckland, strongly denied the charge and at one point had tried to stop a fight between a passenger in his car and Wells.
However, Judge Kerr decided Hughes should remain in custody until his next appearance on December 17. His reasons for denying bail are suppressed.
Judge Kerr denied a request for name suppression.
Dion Wells, 35, of New Lynn, had this morning appeared in the same court. Wells did not make a plea and was remanded on bail until December 17.
As Wells entered the dock, having being held in custody overnight, the unemployed father appeared to have one arm in a sling beneath his jumper.
The Police prosecutor asked for a curfew to put in place, which was granted by the judge. Wells has been ordered not to drive or associate with the other driver alleged to be involved in the accident.
The other driver, 28 from Whangaparoa, will appear in Waitakere District Court this afternoon.
Boy racing
Mr Chan's friends have expressed anger at what appears to have been a needless death caused by what witnesses described as boy-racing.
"I hope the [drivers] live the rest of their life knowing they took the life of one of the nicest people I know," said Ryan Leong.
"His life has been robbed from him by some selfish idiots. I don't even want to think about how his parents will cope, losing their youngest son."
Witnesses say the accident happened when a blue Nissan Skyline - that appeared to be racing a white Subaru WRX - hit the back of Mr Chan's truck.
He was thrown on to the bonnet of the car as it ran along the footpath, over the top of a small tree and into a brick wall. When it came to rest Mr Chan was lying across the bonnet with the upper part of his body through the windscreen. His arm was severed and most bones appeared to be badly broken.
The Subaru lost control and crashed on the other side of the road.
One of the first people on the scene, local woman Nicole King, ran outside to find a young woman and an injured man - who are both believed to have been in the Nissan - looking dazed.
"They were coming towards me and he was all bloody so I got him to sit down."
Mrs King said the young woman, who was holding her stomach and complaining of pain, thought she was pregnant.
It wasn't until Mrs King stood up again from treating the bleeding man that she saw legs hanging over the front of the car and realised someone had been hit. She went to Mr Chan but was unable to help.
"He had a pulse. I just lifted his head but I heard a bit of gurgling. I couldn't pull him out through the window. There was nothing I could do."
Station Officer Bryan Marsden of the Glen Eden Fire Service said firefighters pulled Mr Chan from the window and tried to administer first aid.
"At that stage he was still alive but he slipped away while he was there. He didn't last long."
The accident happened outside National Party MP Paula Bennett's office. She said last night that something needed to be done to discourage boyracers.
"Obviously what we are doing now isn't working and I think that's pretty clear from what happened."
She said she would write to the Minister for Road Safety to see what other measures could be investigated, such as destroying boyracers' cars after an offence.
West Coast Rd residents say a group of people - believed to be friends or family - stood at the scene of the crash about 3am yesterday and burned incense and paper money in what looked like a blessing ceremony.
Police say they are still investigating witness reports of a fight occurring at traffic lights near the crash scene and that further charges could be laid.
