A Rotorua man has pleaded guilty for failing to check for any injuries after he hit Israel Jack with his car.
Hapeta Kane Hori Manley, 29, appeared in the Rotorua District Court yesterday before Judge Phillip Cooper for one count of driving while forbidden and being the driver of a vehicle involved in an accident, where a person was killed, failed to stop and ascertain whether anyone had been injured.
According to police summary of facts, on August 18 last year about 4.30am, Manley had just finished work and was driving his car home on Te Ngae Rd, dropping several people off along the way.
Police said a 20-year-old, who was later identified as Israel Jack, was lying on the road in Manley's lane along a straight stretch of Te Ngae Rd, between Pohutakawa and Robinson Aves.
"The male was wearing dark clothing and was lying in the area where the adjacent street light wasn't working.