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The victim was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital in critical condition following the two-car crash near Geraldine on August 4.
A man was using his cell phone when he missed a stop sign and collided with another car in south Canterbury, causing it to fly through the air and seriously injure the driver.
Patariki Paora Isaacs, 34, was convicted of dangerous driving and injured in the August 4 accident near Geraldine. Police tests found cannabis and methamphetamine in his system.
His victim was unconscious and trapped for about an hour before emergency services could release her.
She was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital with multiple injuries, including a head injury that meant she needed assistance to complete daily activities.
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Prosecution Sgt. Ian Collin said he had been unable to see his children for the past two months due to their injuries.
Collin told the court that Isaacs was driving his Nissan Murano in a northwest direction on Tiplady Rd at 4.15 p.m. on the day of the accident.
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Emergency services at the scene of the accident.
The victim was driving a Subaru Legacy on the Geraldine-Fairlie Expressway toward Geraldine.
Isaacs smashed through the stop sign and struck the victim’s car at an estimated speed of 78 km / h, causing it to fly through the air and knock out a stop sign and fence when it landed on its side against a tree facing the direction. opposite.
The day before, Isaacs had driven from the Bay of Islands to Wellington, had slept about three and a half hours on the ferry, and left Picton at 6 am on the day of the accident.
His ankle was broken in the crash.
Isaacs told police that he was talking on his cell phone at the time of the accident and did not see the stop sign.
He admitted to using cannabis in Picton, but declined to comment on the methamphetamine.
He was sentenced in Queenstown District Court on Monday and held on remand for sentencing on March 1.
