Couple fight for 'normal' life after horror motorcycle crash
A Central Otago couple say they're broken, but not beaten after a motorist struck their motorcycle and nearly killed them.
Kaylene and Ivan Taylor, of Cromwell, are still recovering from the life-changing injuries they suffered when Kim Marshall Jury crashed into them on State Highway 2 in Woodville in March.
Jury was sentenced on two counts of careless driving causing injury by the Masterton District Court on Tuesday. Judge Barbara Morris ordered the Carterton man to pay $11,000 in emotional harm reparation and disqualified him from driving for six months. Read more here.
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