A suspended Tasmanian police officer who killed a pedestrian and critically injured another has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.
Aaron Tasman Bonner, 41, was on duty and driving a police car when it crashed and then collided with two pedestrians who were holidaying in Tasmania in Launceston's CBD on January 6, 2020.
A woman and her husband, both from New South Wales, were on the footpath on Paterson Street in Launceston when they were hit by a Tasmania police car that had flipped and spun after colliding with another car.
The man in his 40s from New South Wales, Anthony Robert Campbell, died from his injuries.
His wife, Bernice Marie Campbell, also in her 40s, was flown to Melbourne in a critical condition.
At the time, it was alleged Mr Bonner was driving the police car and had driven at excessive speed through a red light and failed to take reasonable care.
Mr Bonner had previously pleaded not guilty to a charge of manslaughter and another of causing grievous bodily harm.
But in the Supreme Court in Launceston on Thursday morning, he pleaded guilty to the alternative charges of causing death by dangerous driving and causing grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving.
The suspended police constable is on bail and will reappear in the Supreme Court next month.
Family members of the deceased man are expected to attend court for the proceedings.
