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27 May 2012 - 10:53 pm NZ time
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Tourist charged over campervan collision
Updated at 8:27 pm on 18 February 2012
A Canadian tourist has been charged following a crash in the Buller Gorge.
Police allege the 24-year-old man was exiting a layby near the gorge swing bridge at lunchtime on Saturday when his campervan was involved in a collision with a motorcyclist.
The motorcyclist was airlifted to Nelson Hospital, where he remained in a critical condition on Saturday evening.
The Canadian tourist and his passenger were not injured.
The man will appear in Nelson District Court on Monday to face a charge of careless use of a motor vehicle.
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