When he lost his 15-year-old daughter, Jayde Cummings, in a crash, his own life started to collapse around him. But that apology, and a handshake, didn't come until the end of the coronial hearing, almost four years after the crash. It comes as the coroner found the cause of the crash was the carelessness of the driver, but a contractor's inaction contributed. The council contractor, Downer Ltd, argued the crash was caused by driver carelessness, as the Youth Court found. The finding"Downer's inaction contributed to the crash and to the deaths of Jayde Cummings and Stephen Macnee," the coroner said in his findings.

Source: Stuff February 18, 2024 21:12 UTC