George Speight, a former businessman, led the 2000 coup that saw then-Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji’s first Indo-Fijian leader, and his government held hostage for 56 days.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.
