A man accused of causing a crash involving a quad bike in Ōpunake, South Taranaki, has been released from custody. Photo/Tara Shaskey
A man accused of driving his vehicle into a quad bike in South Taranaki, causing critical injuries for a person on the bike, has been released from custody three months on from the crash.
Patrick Smith, 29, is facing charges of endangering transport and failing to stop and ascertain injury
following the October 31 crash last year on Ihaia Rd at Ōpunake.
A throng of emergency services personnel, including a helicopter, responded to the collision between the quad bike and Smith's vehicle.
The passenger of the bike, a 26-year-old man, suffered critical injuries and remained in intensive care at Wellington Hospital for a time.
