Trial of man accused of deliberate crashes begins

The car that 26-year-old Katie Jean Powles was driving when she was killed. File photo / Brett Phibbs

The jury has been selected for the trial of a man accused of deliberately driving his car into two other vehicles, killing a young woman.

Katie Powles, 26, died when Tony Worrell's car struck her vehicle in Karaka, South Auckland, on June 3. A man was also seriously injured.

Worrell, 49, from Swanson in West Auckland, faces various charges, including murder, attempted murder and assault with a weapon.

The jury of five men and seven women will hear the opening statements from Crown and defence today.

The trial in the High Court at Auckland is set down for two weeks.

- NZPA