Blood tests also showed cannabis in his system. The report said on the day of the crash, a workmate dropped Wallace home to the Awatere Motor Camp at midday. Wallace later went to the Woodbourne Tavern in Renwick, where he was seen drinking beer. A workmate said “he was in a happy mood and did not appear to be intoxicated” when he spoke to him at the tavern.
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Ross Jones Wallace, 53, died in July last year, when his car failed to take a bend and rolled several times. At about 6.20pm on July 12, Wallace left the Woodbourne Tavern in his vehicle.
Danger exacerbated: Coroner calls for drivers to stay off road after drinking, using drugs after avoidable death of Blenheim sheep shearer
23 Feb, 2021 02:24 AM
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Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask
A sheep shearer who died after he crashed his car near Blenheim was almost four times over the legal alcohol limit and had cannabis in his system - prompting calls from a Coroner for drivers to abstain from driving after consuming booze and drugs.
Ross Jones Wallace aka Puna, 53, died in a crash on July 12 after he failed to take a bend and rolled into a vineyard.