Truck driver Jagmeet Singh pleads guilty to aggravated driving without due care over crash that killed pedestrian, 64
A truck driver has admitted responsibility for a fatal collision with a pedestrian, but told a court he does not accept that he is a killer driver.
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A truck driver has admitted causing the death of a pedestrian through carelessness – but still insists he is neither a dangerous nor killer driver.
On Wednesday, Jagmeet Singh asked the Adelaide Magistrates Court to accept his guilty plea to one aggravated count of driving without due care.
His lawyer, Yasmin McMahon, conceded that did not resolve her client’s case, as prosecutors have yet to decide whether they will still pursue a more serious charge.
That offence – aggravated causing death by dangerous driving – carries a maximum life sentence and 15-year disqualification from driving.
If Mr Singh’s plea is accepted, however, he faces a maximum 12-month prison term and minimum six-month disqualification.
Singh, 31, of Clearview, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving following the crash at Melrose Park in February.
He was further charged with the lesser, alternative offence of aggravated driving without due care.
Previously, SA Police alleged his truck struck a pedestrian, 64, on South Road – that man died at the scene.
In a subsequent TV interview, Singh claimed he did not “know what happened, it was a blink of my eye”.
“It was a horrible scene, I got out of the truck and looked at the man, he was not looking good,” he said.
“I didn’t do it intentionally, there was no intentions to hit that person … I can’t sleep, the scene is coming again and again in front of me and my wife.
“I would just say sorry and what happened was not my fault, I was not aware, I am not a murderer.”
On Wednesday, prosecutors asked the case be adjourned for a further 14 weeks in order to finalise the charges against Singh.
Magistrate Ben Sale remanded him on continuing bail to face court again in September
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