Our journalists are your neighbours We are the South’s eyes and ears in crucial council meetings, at court hearings, on the sidelines of sporting events and on the frontline of breaking news. As our region faces uncharted waters in the wake of a global pandemic, Otago Daily Times continues to bring you local stories that … Read more
Kieran and Kenya Booth were among customers transferred to a new hotel as they were hit by delays returning from Turkey (Picture: Kieran Booth) A Tui passenger stranded in Turkey for 51 hours says the tour operator put stranded holidaymakers on a transfer bus where the driver swigged from a beer bottle. Kieran Booth and … Read more
The family of five boys killed in a drink-driving accident say a two-and-a-half year prison sentence is far from enough to address the lifetime of suffering they’ll endure without their loved ones. Tyreese Stuart Fleming, 20, was the driver and sole survivor of an overloaded car which smashed into a power pole near Timaru last … Read more
The driver who abandoned a semi-truck in the sweltering Texas heat, leaving at least 51 migrants dead, was ‘very high on meth’ when police arrested him. Homero Zamorano, 45, of Houston, was arrested Monday in a field in the outskirts of San Antonio not far from where he deserted the truck. He was taken to a … Read more
Driver jailed for two years and six months Family members of 5 teens killed in horror crash near Timaru in August filled courtroom for sentencing of driver Tyreese Fleming on Wednesday Then 19-years-old, Fleming admitted five charges of dangerous driving causing death in April The impact of the crash split the overloaded car in half, … Read more
Driver jailed for two years and six months Family members of 5 teens killed in horror crash near Timaru in August filled courtroom for sentencing of driver Tyreese Fleming on Wednesday Then 19-years-old, Fleming admitted five charges of dangerous driving causing death in April The impact of the crash split the overloaded car in half, … Read more
Our journalists are your neighbours We are the South’s eyes and ears in crucial council meetings, at court hearings, on the sidelines of sporting events and on the frontline of breaking news. As our region faces uncharted waters in the wake of a global pandemic, Otago Daily Times continues to bring you local stories that … Read more
THIS is the shocking moment a topless driver “shook with rage” after launching a furious foul-mouthed tirade against a vigilante cyclist. The driver blasted vigilante rider Mike van Erp a “f*** c***” for filming driver using a GoPro camera on his helmet. 4 A topless driver ‘shook with rage’ after launching a furious foul-mouthed tirade … Read more
A GRANDMOTHER has been tragically killed with four more hurt after a driver plowed into pedestrians leaving her eight-year-old grandson in critical condition, police say. The suspects were fleeing officials after a traffic stop in Brooklyn when they side-swiped a vehicle and rammed into the unsuspecting pedestrians on Saturday. 3 A 67-year-old grandmother Lyn Christopher … Read more
Officers responded to a report of a traffic crash at West Peachtree Street and 14th Street in the evening and discovered a party bike that had tipped over while making a turn, according to a news release from Atlanta Police Department. Party bikes, sometimes called pedal pubs or pedal bars, are mini bars on wheels … Read more