Truck driver pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing death of woman in Cork

The defendant has been on bail since he was first charged.

A woman was fatally injured after being struck by a reversing truck on Smith Street. File photo: Dan Linehan

A 49-year-old motorist accused of dangerous driving causing death arising out of a fatal incident which claimed the life of a pedestrian in her 50s in Cork city more than a year ago pleaded guilty to the offence yesterday.

The motorist was arraigned at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where he pleaded guilty to the single count on the indictment against him.