Teams worked feverishly to free the injured from a crash in Tekapo earlier this month in which three people died. PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA Chinese man has been charged after the death of three fellow tourists in a horrific head-on crash near Tekapo. Lai Xu (50) appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday charged with three counts of careless driving causing death and four of careless driving causing injury, following the March 8 incident. The three Chinese visitors who died were Yuyan Li (74), of Sichuan, and Fuhe Li (75) and Jin Zhang (75), of Chongqing. Xu, described on court documents as a resident of Sichuan, walked slowly into the dock yesterday, assisted by crutches.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 29, 2019 15:32 UTC