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Wellington hit-and-run driver sentenced for causing life-changing injuries

NZ HeraldRNZTuesday 23 September 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated

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Michael David Cooper has been sentenced in the Wellington District Court after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing injury. The incident occurred in Miramar on 16 October 2022, when a red van struck a man who was fixing his car on the street.

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First reported by NZ Herald, Tue 23 Sep 2025, 7:00pm · 2 reports from 2 outlets over 2 hours
  1. NZ HeraldNZ Herald

    Wellington hit-and-run driver Michael Cooper sentenced over crash that caused life-changing injuries (opens in new tab)

  2. RNZRNZ

    Hit and run driver sentenced after crash that caused life-changing injuries to relative (opens in new tab)