A 33-YEAR-OLD suspended driver will appear in the Whakatane District Court this afternoon in relation to a fatal crash at White Pine Bush on Saturday.
Senior Sergeant Al Fenwick said there had been a warrant out for the Murupara man’s arrest since March when he failed to appear in the Rotorua District Court on driving-related charges.
Mr Fenwick said the man, who was in custody, had been charged with driving while suspended.
Further charges could be laid in relation to the two-vehicle crash in which one person died.
Police were called to the scene on White Pine Bush Road at about 6.20pm.
Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are continuing.