A Birmingham delivery driver has finally admitted being responsible for his refrigerated van rolling across a pub car park and onto the pavement, killing a passing pensioner.
Matheeb Iqbal had either not put the handbrake on or had failed to put it on properly while he was making a delivery at the Bowling Green Inn in Coventry Street, Southam.
Iqbal, 22, of Lime Grove, Lozells, Birmingham, originally pleaded not guilty at Warwick Crown Court to causing the death of mother-of-two Susan Collins by careless driving. But just days before he was due to stand trial, his barrister Andrew Baker asked for the charge to be put again – and Iqbal changed his plea to guilty.
The charge follows an incident on 30 December 2014 after Iqbal parked the refrigerated Mercedes Sprinter van on the Bowling Green Inn car park as he made a delivery to the pub.
While he was away from the vehicle it rolled backwards across the car park, over a kerb and onto the pavement where it struck Mrs Collins, who lived in Southam, as she was walking past.
