18 Jun 2018

New charges for man after baby dies after crash

11:43 am on 18 June 2018

A Nelson man charged in relation to a car accident after which an unborn baby died is facing fresh charges.

Andrew Fleming appeared briefly in the Nelson District Court this morning, where he was again remanded on bail.

The 47 year old was initially charged with careless driving causing injury after the crash in Nelson in late April.

A woman's 30-week-old baby died five days after the head-on collision that injured her and her partner.

The baby was born in Nelson Hospital by an emergency caesarian delivery, and then flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition.

Mr Fleming entered no plea to a charge of driving with excess blood alcohol causing death, another of causing injury and another charge of careless use of a vehicle.

He is due to appear in court again next month.

The complainants' details are suppressed.