Police investigating last week's fatal motorcycle crash north of Oamaru want to hear from truck drivers or other motorists who spent the night of May 12 at a stopping point at Richmond.
Any truck drivers who stayed at North Otago Hotel and Motels or slept in their vehicles in that area were asked to contact police.
The accommodation provider, often also referred to by local people as Scott Base, is just north of where the crash occurred. It was possible someone stayed there overnight and left early in the morning, about the time the crash occurred, inquiry head Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Blackie said.
Tom Fry (18) was riding his motorcycle to work at a Morven dairy farm on May 13 when the crash occurred at the intersection of State Highway 1 and York St about 3.50am.
Police checkpoints on Thursday on SH1 at Richmond and on Horse Gully Rd, where a Nissan Skyline car was found burnt-out, produced 20 positive lines of inquiry which police were following.
An Environmental Science and Research forensic team and serious crash experts continued to examine Mr Fry's Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle for clues as to how the crash occurred.
"The investigation focus at the moment is to establish why and how Mr Fry fell from his motorbike," Det Snr Sgt Blackie said.
The information flow to police about the crash had been "excellent", and police were particularly grateful to the transport industry for the information truck drivers and other drivers of heavy vehicles had provided.
• An Invercargill man, charged in relation to the incident, had his fines scrutinised when he appeared in the Invercargill District Court yesterday.
Cam Paul Kennedy (25) is charged with failing to stop after a crash to render assistance, failing to report a crash and perverting the course of justice by removing all identification from, and burning, a vehicle.
During his brief appearance yesterday, Kennedy's defence counsel, Kate McHugh, asked for a further remand, without plea.
Judge Kevin Phillips remanded Kennedy on bail to reappear on June 4, saying a plea had to be entered that day.
The judge also instructed Kennedy's fines be investigated. Kennedy is paying off his fines at $40 a week.
"But you're incurring fines at a rate of $100 a week. You're going backwards," the judge said.
