8 Apr 2010

Israeli charged over fatal tourist crash in Southland

6:08 pm on 8 April 2010

An Israeli woman has been charged with causing the deaths of two English tourists following a crash near Mossburn in Southland.

Police have named the tourists killed as Robert Anthony Hindle, 73 and his wife Ann Hindle, aged 64.

The Hindles were travelling in a rental car on State Highway 97 about midday on Wednesday when they were struck by a car driven by the 27-year-old Israeli tourist in the opposite direction.

Witnesses say the car appeared to veer across the centre line.

The woman has been charged with dangerous driving causing death.