Charges laid after serious crashes

Rotorua courthouse. Photo/File

Charges have been laid following two serious crashes in Taupo and one on the Desert Road earlier this year.

A 22-year-old Auckland man has been charged with careless driving causing death and will appear in the Taupo District Court on April 5.

The charge is in relation to a crash on January 7 where Nicholas Calavrias of Wellington was struck and killed while cycling along State Highway 1, Taupo.

Also appearing on April 5 in Taupo District Court will be a 29-year-old German man who has been charged with three counts of careless driving causing injury after a head on crash on State Highway 47, Turangi, on March 13.

Meanwhile a 70-year-old Australian man will appear in the Rotorua District Court on April 19 facing five counts of careless driving causing iInjury.

These charges relate to a crash on State Highway 1, Desert Road, on March 5.

"These crashes have affected a number of people, whanau and families, and the wider community," said Senior Sergeant Fane Troy of the Taupo Area Road Policing Group.

"Police encourage all drivers and road users to be vigilant while travelling on our roads, to be aware of their surroundings and remain alert. Police cannot reiterate enough to wear your seatbelts, slow down, if tired have a break and if you have been drinking then do not drive."