A lorry driver has pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving following the death of a motorist on the A2 in Patrixbourne.
Paul Luckhurst, appeared at Canterbury Crown court on Monday (21 October 2013) and admitted the offence, which happened when a Scania tipper lorry he was driving struck the car of a man who had broken down.
Luckhurst, 41, of Highland Road, Chartham, had been driving on the London bound carriageway on April 17. At around 3.15pm his vehicle crashed into the rear of an MGB BT sports car which had broken down and was partially blocking the first lane.
The car belonged to 44 year-old Whitfield resident Keith Hall, who at the time of the collision was outside the vehicle and inspecting its engine bay. Mr Hall was declared dead at the scene.
Luckhurst will be sentenced at Canterbury Crown Court on 22 November.
Lorry driver pleads guilty to causing motorist's death
Thursday, 24 October 2013
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