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A trailer that broke free from a South Taranaki man's vehicle, crashing into a woman's car and instantly killing her, not only had "excessive" corrosion and seized brakes, but so much rust that it went through entire sections of the frame.
The trailer and boat that Roger Sydney Samson was towing was not meant to be on the road.
It hadn't had a warrant of fitness for nine years, but the 19-year-old re-registered it as being new this year before attempting to drive it approximately 370km from Tauranga to New Plymouth.
Samson appeared in the Te Kลซiti District Court on Thursday, where he admitted dangerous driving causing the death of 23-year-old Nateisha-Kurstyn Hana-Wetere on July 11.
A large number of Hana-Wetere's whฤnau were also in court to hear Samson enter h
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