The death of a Queenstown man who crashed his car on conservation land served as a reminder to pay attention to road safety messages, a coroner says. Thomas George Murdoch, a 29-year-old builder from Queenstown, died after his Toyota Landcruiser crashed on January 30, 2025 on Department of Conservation (Doc) land near Cowshed Hut, Fairlight, Southland. Coroner A H Steel found in her decision "on papers’’ that the man’s death was ultimately caused by the fracture dislocation of the cervical spine. During the pathologist’s assessment, alcohol at levels of 141mg/100mL in his blood and 232mg/100mL in his urine were found in his system: the legal blood alcohol limit for a New Zealand driver 20 years old or over is 50mg/100mL. Traces of THC consistent with marijuana were also found.…