Three years on, a coroner has ruled driver fatigue was the cause of the crash and has called on the NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) to keep educating people about the risks of driver fatigue. About 8pm on March 27, Kamalpreet Singh received a call from his friend Kamaljit Pandher, who lived in Springs Junction – a two-and-a-half-hour drive north of the city. SUPPLIED Kamalpreet Singh, 23, was killed when he fell asleep at the wheel and crashed on State Highway 7, near Culverden, on March 28, 2017. The truck was driven by experienced truck driver Edwin Aranui, who was moving pallets of flour from Christchurch to Auckland. Borrowdale hoped NZTA would keep educating people about the risks of driver fatigue, and not let past efforts “fall away”.

Source: Stuff November 20, 2020 16:01 UTC