Mr McEwan recalled the excruciating half hour after the incident, trapped in the car, hoping his loved ones were not too badly injured. The family were helicoptered to hospital with an assortment of broken bones and lacerations. Worst affected by the crash was Mr McEwan’s then 3-year-old son who sustained a broken neck and arm, leaving him permanently affected. Miller was driving in the opposite direction in an unregistered ute with bald rear tyres, towing a trailer, and had been veering over the centre line for 5km before the collision. Those checks had since been completed and Judge David Robinson imposed four months, three weeks’ home detention.Īt sentencing, the court heard how Nick McEwan and his family had attended a birthday in September last year and were travelling home from Oamaru to Waitati. Miller was jailed for a year when he was sentenced in July.Īt that point his partner and children had moved into emergency housing and it had not been assessed for electronic monitoring. The Dunedin District Court heard yesterday the conviction for driving under the influence of drugs causing injury meant he may be liable for deportation. #BROKEN ROADS IMAGES DRIVER#PHOTO: SUPPLIEDA methamphetamine-affected driver who caused severe injury to a family of five has had his prison term converted to home detention.īut there may yet be more trouble on the horizon for 47-year-old Jotham Reuel Miller. Nick McEwan’s car was destroyed after a crash on State Highway 1 last year.
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