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Wednesday 13 October 2021
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While the cars were on a slightly smaller scale, the action was just as furious as the South Island Off-road Radio Control Championships came to Nelson at the weekend. Continued on Pg 2.
Drunk drivers four times over limit Erin Bradnock A drunk driver is lucky to be alive after he lost control of his motorbike and crashed into a fence, the Nelson District Court has heard. Brightwater man Tyron Callaghan, 51, on Monday pleaded guilty to a charge of driving with
excess blood alcohol. According to the police summary of facts, Callaghan had failed to take a right-hand bend on his motorcycle as he exited Mount Heslington Rd in Brightwater on 1 August, at about 3.30pm. Callaghan then lost control of his bike and hit a fence. He was driven home by some
neighbours while an ambulance and the police were called to his home. Upon arrival, police noted that Callaghan had displayed signs of recent alcohol intake. A blood sample taken showed Callaghan’s blood alcohol level was nearly five times over the legal limit at 249mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood. The legal limit
is 50. Callaghan claimed to the police that he had drunk just one pint of beer an hour before getting on his bike that Sunday afternoon. Callaghan suffered from injuries as a result of the crash, however, his lawyer Mark Dollimore told the court he had made a “remarkable recovery” since the
incident. Judge Jo Rielly noted this was Callaghan’s fourth conviction for similar offending over a period of 32 years, the last being in 2015. “It is concerning that you appear before the court again especially
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