‘‘[The victim] was driving an open-top vehicle and it was a head-on collision,’’ police prosecutor Alan De Jager said. There were ‘‘things that money just can’t bring back’’, Mr Armstrong wrote in a statement. Guannan Gu had his passport returned to him by the court yesterday and plans to return to China soon. Mr Armstrong told the Otago Daily Times he had been heading to Dunedin from Moeraki, where he had lunch with other members of a car club. ‘‘It’s a big disappointment to me to see it the way it is,’’ Mr Armstrong said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 19, 2026 17:47 UTC