Image: NZ HeraldOne of the drivers involved in the horror two-car crash that killed seven people near the Taranaki town of Waverley consumed synthetic cannabis that day, an inquest has been told. Reyland said the vehicle stopped in Hawera and Thompson smoked more synthetic cannabis before ordering McDonald's. She admitted she had also consumed synthetic cannabis that day and could not remember anything after stopping in Hawera to buy more drugs. While in Hawera the family stopped at a park near where they picked up bags of synthetic cannabis and to let Nivek play. Nohinohi told the Coroner that she thought her partner was OK to drive because he had smoked synthetic cannabis before and then driven.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 10, 2019 00:56 UTC