A father charged with manslaughter after his six-year-old son died in a fiery crash near Rangiora can now be named
A father charged with manslaughter after his six-year-old son died in a fiery crash near Rangiora can now be named
14 July 2020
Lachlan Gebhardt died at the scene - after the car his father Niklas Gebhardt was allegedly driving, crashed at the bend of Lehmans Road in November
The 30-year-old was rushed to hospital in a critical condition - and treated for burns at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital
He's pleaded not guilty to a charge of dangerous driving causing death.
Gebhardt, a football player who represented Canterbury United, initially had name suppression - but it's now lapsed.
He'll next appear in court in September - with his trial set down for next July.
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