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Taine Reupena Tata Bryn Edwards is on trial in Invercargill Superior Court for her connection to the death of Invercargill wife Emma Bagley.
A police officer was getting ready for work when he heard a car “skyrocket” past his home seconds before a fatal accident.
Taine Reupena Tata Bryn Edwards, 22, is on trial before a jury in Invercargill Superior Court in connection with a fatal accident in Invercargill that killed Emma Bagley, a mother of two.
Edwards’ eight counts include being part of involuntary manslaughter, one alternative count of being part of dangerous driving that caused death, three counts of being part of reckless use that caused injury, and three alternative counts of dangerous driving that caused injury, all at Invercargill on December 7, 2018.
The charges allege that Edwards “incited and encouraged” the driver of the vehicle in the fatal accident.
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Emma Bagley was killed and her husband and two children were injured after a Subaru car, driven by Edwards’s cousin Dejay Kane, deboned hers.
Kane was convicted of manslaughter and injuring four people, including Edwards, in the accident.
Crown prosecutor Will Chapman told the court that the Subaru was going 124 km / h before the accident and the Kia at 34 to 40 km / h.
Crown witness sheriff David McLardy was off duty at the time, at his home near the crash site.
“The speed at which [the car] What caught my attention seemed to be underway, and it sounded like a rocket going past my house much, much faster than any other vehicle travels on Newcastle St, “he said.
Newcastle St was broken with sieve signs and there was a sieve sign at the intersection of Newcastle and Clifton streets where the accident occurred.
The car accelerated at a “very high rev rate” for about two seconds before an explosion, McLardy said.
“I don’t remember hearing a gap between acceleration and hit.
“I also don’t recall hearing any braking or skidding,” McLardy said.
He ran outside and saw a large cloud of dust. The accident is believed to have occurred around 9:10 p.m.
The green Subaru had extensive frontal damage and McLardy told Edwards and Kane to stay put before going to check on the Kia SUV, with the Bagleys inside, which was on its roof with extensive damage to the driver’s side, McLardy said .
During questioning, defense attorney Fiona Guy Kidd asked McLardy if he was excited about the accident that happened near his home.
McLardy answered yes.
Guy Kidd then asked if he was angry at what he saw.
McLardy said: “I don’t know if anger is the right word. He was upset by the extent of the damage he had seen. “
That was understandable, Guy Kidd said.
As ambulance officers were treating people in the Subaru, McLardy said he approached the Subaru.
Guy Kidd asked McLardy if he had made an abusive comment towards the men in the Subaru, which he denied.
“I pointed the truck, which was face up, at the front seat passenger, and said [Edwards]: This is your fault, this is yours. This is what you’ve done, ”he said.
Crown prosecutor Mary Jane Thomas re-examined McLardy and asked if, when he was speaking with Edwards, he was aware of the condition of the people in the overturned vehicle.
McLardy said: “I spent 10 minutes holding my father’s hand in the passenger seat.”
Emma Bagley, who later died, “was not in good shape,” she said.
At 10 p.m., McLardy began work and returned to the scene of the accident as a police scene photographer.
