Drink driving charges laid after Te Puke double fatality

Barry Tari, 24, (left) and Hamsen Surai, 32, were killed in a car crash in Te Puke on June 30. Photo / File

A man charged after a Te Puke garage crash which left two other men dead is accused of being almost twice the adult legal alcohol limit at the time.

Tuku Wilson, 34, has been charged with two counts of careless driving causing the deaths of Hamsen Surai, 32, and Barry Tari, 24, while having excess blood alcohol in his system.

Surai and Tari were both seasonal workers from Vanuatu working for Trevelyan's Pack & Cool when the car they were travelling in crashed into a garage on No. 1 Rd on June 30.

Wreckage after car crashed into garage on No. 1 Rd in Te Puke . Photo / File

Police have alleged Wilson was driving with a blood-alcohol level of 141mg per 100 millilitres of blood on June 30 when the vehicle left the road.

The adult legal limit is 80mg per 100 millilitres of blood.

Wilson, who appeared in the Tauranga Registrar's Court yesterday, was remanded on bail to next appear in court on July 29.

He is yet to enter pleas to the charges.