A 20-year-old driver has been charged with allegedly causing the deaths of two of his passengers in a crash earlier this year.
A 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old woman were killed in the crash on Butchers Rd in Clarkville on January 11.
In a statement, police said “the car they were travelling in hit a concrete power pole with such force, the vehicle split in half”.
“Both the victims were located deceased at the scene, while the driver sustained minor injuries,” a police spokesperson said.
Following an investigation into the cause of the crash, the 20-year-old North Canterbury man was arrested on February 26, and charged with two counts of causing death while under the influence of drugs.
Police allege the driver was under the influence of a drug to such an extent that he was incapable of having proper control of the vehicle.
He was due to appear in the Christchurch District Court today.
