Photo: Tracey RoxburghThe driver of a tourist bus that crashed near Queenstown, causing a girl and woman to lose limbs, is appealing his conviction following a request from Immigration NZ for him to leave the country. Fang was driving the bus and trailer, operated by Awing Travel NZ Ltd and carrying 23 Chinese tourists, when it crashed at Wilson Bay, 10km from Queenstown, on January 21 this year. A 10-year-old girl lost both hands, and a woman lost an arm as a result of the crash on the Glenorchy-Queenstown Rd. In June, Fang was sentenced by Judge John Strettell at the Queenstown District Court after he admitted charges of careless driving causing injury. Mr Donnelly said Fang was a professional driver who was responsible for of 23 people, and had driven “many, many” times on that road.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 19, 2020 04:30 UTC