A West Cumbrian man has appeared in court accused of causing an elderly pedestrian’s death at Carlisle Railway Station.
Emergency services were called to the station at around 6.20pm on November 30 last year.
A rail replacement bus was reported to have crashed into the main entrance, with two people said to have been injured.
One of these people was 75-year-old Roger Denwood, of Cockermouth, who died 15 days later, on December 15.
An inquest opened earlier this year into the death of Mr Denwood heard he had been transported to a trauma centre in Newcastle where life saving treatment was attempted. His injuries were too severe and he was transferred to Carlisle’s Eden Valley Hospice for end-of-life care.
Coach driver Michael Cockton, 47, of St Helens Avenue, Flimby, appeared at Workington Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Cockton faces a charge which alleges that his dangerous driving of the vehicle caused the death of Mr Denwood.
During the court hearing, Cockton entered no plea to the allegation he faces.
Magistrates sent the case to Carlisle Crown Court, where Cockton is due to appear in front of a judge on Monday, December 2.
In the meantime he has been granted bail.
