A Birmingham delivery driver is to stand trial after his parked-up van rolled across a pub car park and onto a pavement, killing a passing pensioner.
Matheeb Iqbal, 20, is accused of causing the death of Susan Collins, 65, by careless driving after allegedly failing to put his handbrake on properly.
Iqbal, of Lime Grove, Lozells, pleaded not guilty to causing the death of the mother-of-two when he appeared at Warwick Crown Court. He had parked his Mercedes Sprinter van at the Bowling Green Inn in Coventry Street, Southam, on December 30 to make a delivery to the pub.
It is alleged while he was away from the vehicle, it rolled backwards over a kerb and onto the pavement where it struck the passing Mrs Collins. The pensioner, from Southam, died on January 8.
The court heard CCTV cameras had recorded the collision. The case was adjourned for trial next year and Iqbal was granted bail.
Told that Iqbal’s trial could not take place before April next year, and that there has still not been an inquest into the death of Mrs Collins, Judge Griffith-Jones said: “The family are still being held in limbo.”
