Drink-driving truck driver caused $142,000 of damage in crash
A truck driver found to be over the drink-driving limit says he had swerved to avoid a car when he crashed into multiple parked vehicles.
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A truck driver found to be over the drink-driving limit says he had swerved to avoid a car when he crashed into multiple parked vehicles.
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Those machines included excavators, diggers, loaders, tractors, dump trucks, cranes and bulldozers. That offending involved Clarke altering invoices to the New Zealand Customs Service, resulting in his company paying less duty, in particular GST. The summary of facts noted that resulted in the company having a ‘'significant cash flow advantage’’ over competitors and other businesses which paid GST on time. Those imported goods were not exempt. The summary of facts showed that Clarke also operated a machine hire company, which had branches in Dunedin, Christchurch and Cromwell, with...