Raman Sidhar (73) was charged with dangerous driving causing injury to Sara Duan after the Frankton Rd crash on January 27.
He had until Thursday evening to lodge an appeal of a decision by Judge Geoff Rea in April to decline his application for continued name suppression.
No appeal has been filed.
Ms Duan suffered a spinal fracture and her car was written off after the crash.
Sidhar and his wife flew to Auckland later that day. They left for the United States two days later.
In the Queenstown District Court on March 13, he was granted interim name suppression.
On the third call of his case on May 8, the court was told Sidhar had dismissed his Queenstown lawyer and had declined to participate in restorative justice.
Police sought a warrant for his arrest, but Judge Catriona Doyle declined.
Police indicated they would amend the charge to aggravated careless driving causing injury.
GUY WILLIAMS, PIJF court reporter
