An Auckland policeman has been remanded on bail after appearing in court to face charges following an incident in which his unmarked police car crashed into a lamp post which fell and badly injured a 13-year-old boy.
Aaron James Holmes, 29, was in Auckland District Court today, charged
with careless driving causing injury.
Farhat Buksh, 13, suffered head injuries and a fractured neck when he was hit by the falling lamp post while walking across a pedestrian crossing outside an Auckland primary school in August.
Farhat is back at Mt Roskill Grammar School but only for a few hours a day.
Surgeons have given him the all-clear on his fractured neck and his memory is beginning to return.
The police car was chasing a vehicle which had avoided a nearby alcohol checkpoint, but the driver was never caught.
The Police Complaints Authority is investigating the accident.
Holmes was remanded on bail and will reappear in court on December 13.
- NZPA
