Grieving mother asks for stricter rules on foreign driversSUPPLIED Rhys Middleton was killed while riding his motorcycle on State Highway 5, near Napier. The grieving parents of a man killed in an accident with a foreign driver have told a select committee the Government could do more to keep accidents from happening. Judy Richards and Mike Middleton lost their son Rhys, 23, in February of 2017 on State Highway 5 north of Napier. "It's not only keeping New Zealanders safe it's also keeping [foreign drivers] safe. In 2016, 25 people died in crashes where a foreign driver was found to be at fault.

Source: Stuff July 06, 2017 01:01 UTC