Auckland local body politician Warren Flaunty did not see an oncoming motorcycle when the vehicle he was driving made a right turn and collided with it, throwing the rider into the path of a four-wheel drive, court documents show.
Blair Lindsay Titmus, 34, died at the scene of the crash on Hobsonville Rd, west Auckland in April this year.
Flaunty has pleaded guilty to a charge of careless driving causing death, the maximum penalty for which is three months in prison or a $4500 fine.
The police summary of facts, released to APNZ today, says the weather was fine and dry on the afternoon of Saturday, April 2, and there was heavy traffic on the road in both directions.
Mr Titmus was travelling east on his recently rebuilt Moto Guzzi motorcycle towards Clarks Lane, where Flaunty had stopped at the T intersection, waiting to turn right onto Hobsonville Rd.