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Man accused of wife’s death in honeymoon golf buggy crash goes on trial

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A Sydney man accused of causing his new wife’s death in a golf buggy crash during their honeymoon is on trial in a Queensland court.

Robbie Awad was charged over the death of 29-year-old Marina Hanna on Hamilton Island in June 2022.

They were travelling on the buggy when it crashed on Whitsunday Blvd, causing Hanna critical injuries.

She died at the scene.

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Awad, who was aged 30 when he was charged, appeared in Proserpine Magistrates Court on Thursday to fight a charge of driving without due care and attention causing death.

The hearing, before Magistrate Kerrie O’Callaghan, is listed to run for four days.

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