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An Auckland boatie was ordered to pay $ 17,500 in compensation for crushing a diver.
The injuries suffered by the diver crashed by an Auckland. boatie.
Photo: Alternate / Maritime NZ
Maritime New Zealand has stated that Carl Allan Whiteman has pled guilty to a charge of danger or unnecessary risk to a person and has been convicted by the District Court of North Shore
had been under harpoon between Ti Point and Omaha in February of last year when Whiteman failed to register a diving flag and passed
Whiteman did turn around to help the diver, and one of the passengers called the police before taking diver at Ti Point wharf
The diver suffered from deep cuts to the head and a broken arm and was unable to working for 12 months
Neil Rowarth, New Zealand Maritime spokesman, said that he could have been deadly. He said it was Whiteman's first boat and only the third or fourth time he had removed it.
million. Rowarth said the boss was speeding up and that he had not monitored properly.
He said that it was important that every skipper trained and aware of how t o Keep others safe.
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