Driver avoids jail over deaths of three cyclists

Kristy King arrives at court today.  Credit:NZPA / Stephen Barker.
Kristy King arrives at court today. Credit:NZPA / Stephen Barker.
A Waikato woman who killed three cyclists when she lost control of her car has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service and must pay $30,000 to her victims' families, or to charity.

Kristy King, 23, was also disqualified from driving for 12 months when she appeared in the District Court in Morrinsville today in front of the families of the three cyclists and their supporters.

Judge Arthur Tompkins said he took into account the wishes of the families of the victims that she did not go to jail.

Mark Andrew Ferguson, 46, and Wilhelm Muller, 71, died near Morrinsville on November 14 and Kay Heather Wolfe, 45, several days in Waikato Hospital, after King's car came around a corner near Morrinsville and slid into them as they tried to avoid her.

King admitted three charges of careless driving causing death when she appeared in court in December and in a statement after that appearance she said she hated herself for the pain she had caused and may never drive again.

 

 

 

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