Zara Blackie, a year 10 pupil at St Kevin's College, was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Oamaru. Photo / Supplied
A man charged over the hit-and-run death of an Oamaru teenager has pleaded guilty.
The man was charged over the death of Zara Blackie, 14, who was killed in a hit-and-run when she was struck by a car in Severn St in October.
At the Oamaru District Court Today,
a 30-year-old Oamaru man pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to stop and ascertain injury.
He was granted continued name suppression.
Her funeral was held in October.