Tourist caused head-on crash near Hanmer SpringsDAVID WALKER/FAIRFAX NZ Tourist Uwe Thomas Hohbein has admitted in the Christchurch District Court that he caused a crash near Hanmer Springs on Saturday. A tourist must pay $1400 in reparation to the driver he injured in a head-on crash near Hanmer Springs. Uwe Thomas Hohbein, from Germany, will have to pay the money before he is allowed to leave New Zealand later this month. The head-on crash broke the wrist of the man who was travelling in the car in the other direction, and the injured man and his wife had to be taken to Christchurch Hospital by ambulance. She ordered Hohbein to pay $400 reparation for the victim's insurance excess, and $1000 for emotional harm.

Source: Stuff March 12, 2017 23:26 UTC