Police has released the names of the two riders that died when their motorcycles were involved in a crash with a car on the Lindis Pass yesterday.
They are Grant John Roberts, aged 43 years of Timaru and Dennis Michael Pederson, aged 54 years of Tauranga.
Pederson, also known as Deano, wasa member of the Tauranga Filthy Few Motorcycle Club and owner of the Curiosity shop on Wharf St.
Enquiries into the crash are continuing, but police have now charged a 20 year old woman, a visiting Chinese national, with two charges of careless driving causing death relating to this crash.
The woman is injured and receiving medical treatment, but is likely to appear in the Alexandra District Court later today.
Emergency services were called to the accident at 2.16pm on State Highway 8, 19km north of Tarras in Central Otago.
While police has a clear picture of what occurred, they are still asking for witnesses to come forward regarding the driving behaviour of both groups involved prior to the crash.
