GONE: Shannon Buick, 22, was killed in a car crash just metres from her family home on August 30 last year. A Whakatane man has been charged with careless driving causing death and causing injury to Shannon's teenage sister Kaitlin. PHOTO/FILE
A Whakatane man has been charged in relation to a crash which killed popular young Wairarapa woman Shannon Buick.
Shannon, 22, was killed in a high-speed car crash on Paierau Rd, near Masterton, just after 6.30pm August 30 last year. Her younger sister, 16-year-old Wairarapa College student Kaitlin Buick, was
seriously injured in the crash.
The pair were heading to the family home on the night their car was hit by a car travelling towards Masterton, allegedly driven by the 24-year-old Whakatane man.
Shannon was killed instantly and emergency services crews rescued a seriously injured Kaitlin from the car.
The teenager underwent surgery in Wellington Hospital for injuries, including two broken legs and a broken elbow and wrist.
