For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here A biker killed a pedestrian who had stepped out into the middle of the road after he only reduced his speed 'at the point of no return', a court heard.
Ghulam Rasul, 74, was badly injured when David Hurst's motorbike crashed into him near Market Place’s junction with Lord Street in Leigh, Wigan, on September 10, 2019.
The pensioner did not gain consciousness after suffering severe head injuries and died two days later in hospital. Mr Hurst, 52, who suffered injuries to his neck as well as a broken nose and spent three days in hospital, has pleaded not guilty to causing death through careless driving.
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