Fraser Milne, 21, admitted his racially motivated road rage attack. Photo / Peter Meecham
Fraser Milne, 21, admitted his racially motivated road rage attack. Photo / Peter Meecham
A young man has admitted a prolonged and vicious "racially motivated" road rage attack on a family in which he rammed their car off the road, sending two children flying through the air.
Fraser Milne, 21, appeared today in the High Court at Auckland before Justice Sally Fitzgerald where hepleaded guilty to dangerous driving, injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and four charges of injuring with reckless disregard for safety.
The Paeroa man was convicted and will be sentenced in July.
In March last year a Chinese-New Zealand family, including their two children aged 12 and 10, were enjoying a Sunday day out picking blueberries and driving around the Awhitu Peninsula near Auckland.
However, as Milne was driving over a hill and passed the family's car he was forced to swerve to avoid a collision, court documents provided to the Herald show.
Believing the family had crossed over to his side of the road, Milne was forced to drive into a drain and struck a fence.
Angered, Milne turned his car around and chased the family. He passed them at speed before doing a u-turn to cut them off.
The family refused to stop, so Milne deliberately rammed their car, causing it to spin out of control, crash into a bank and flip in the air.
Fraser Milne will be sentenced in July for his racially-motivated attack. Photo / Peter Meecham
The family's car then landed upside down on top of Milne's car before sliding off when he braked suddenly.
The two children were violently thrown from the car during the crash after they had taken off their seatbelts because they were frightened of Milne and thought they might need to make a hurried exit from the car.
They landed on the road, narrowly avoiding a steep 100m deep ravine.
Despite the two children lying injured, Milne approached the car to continue his racist attack.
"Get out of the f**king car, I'm going to smash you! You f**king Asian c***! F**king Asians!" Milne yelled.
Locals arrived shortly after to help the family while Milne yelled out to his dog.
At no time did Milne attempt to offer assistance to the family, court documents read.
The family were all taken to hospital, with one of the children transported to Starship Hospital by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter with an undisplaced fracture to his skull, a laceration to his scalp and a small subdural haematoma.
The family friend also suffered a spine fracture.
The other three in the car were lucky to suffer only grazes and bruises.
When Milne was questioned by police he said he could tell the family weren't citizens.
