A Nelson man has denied charges in relation to a car crash in which an unborn baby later died.
Photo: St John / Lee Howell
Not guilty pleas were entered in the Nelson District Court today on behalf of Andrew Fleming, who was charged following the accident in Nelson in late April.
A woman's 30-week-old baby died five days after the head-on collision that injured her and her partner.
The baby was born in Nelson Hospital by an emergency caesarian delivery, and then flown to Wellington Hospital in a critical condition.
The 47-year-old was initially charged with careless driving causing injury, but the charges were altered recently to include: one of driving with excess blood alcohol causing death, another of causing injury, and another charge of careless use of a vehicle.
He did not appear in court today, but elected a jury trial later this year.
