The youth who killed Daisy Fernandez, above, is likely to face charges.
The youth who killed Daisy Fernandez, above, is likely to face charges.
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Police have confirmed their plans to charge a 15-year-old motorcyclist over the death of a teenage girl on a Northland beach.
The youth collided with two 13-year-olds on Ripiro Beach, near Dargaville on New Year's Eve, leaving Daisy Fernandez dead and Claudia Billinge seriously injured.
He will meetthe families of both girls at a Child Youth and Family conference.
Regardless of the outcome, Dargaville Sergeant Jonathan Tier said the rider is likely to appear before the Youth Court on charges of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing injury.
"We have an intention to charge," Tier told the Herald on Sunday yesterday.
The boy's stepfather declined to comment.
Four months after her daughter's death, Sandi Fernandez said she wants the ordeal to end.
"Most of it is deep, deep sadness, and you can't do anything about what's happened, so there's no point being angry. Anger is a wasted emotion."
Claudia - who had a broken right fibia, a shattered pelvis and lost part of her right kneecap - returned to Otumoetai College last week.
Her physical injuries were healing, but the emotional trauma of the accident has prevented her from visiting the Fernandez family.
Daisy's friends visit Sandi at the travel agency where she works, reviving painful memories of her only daughter.
"Any kid who looks 13 makes me think of Daisy. Both Craig [her husband] and I cry every morning and every night when we come home.
"I think it's so sad because we can never bring Daisy back."
