Jonathon Bower: Trial date set for trucker accused of killing cyclist in horror crash
An HGV driver accused of causing a cyclist’s death by dangerous driving in a Sheffield horror crash will now stand trial, after entering a not guilty plea.
Jonathon Bower, aged 48, denied the offence during a Sheffield Crown Court hearing held yesterday (Tuesday, December 23, 2025).
Mr Bower is charged in connection with a crash on the A616 Manchester Road, near Stocksbridge, Sheffield, shortly after 10.20am on April 7, 2025.
58-year-old cyclist Edward Hirst was killed in the collision.
No other vehicles are believed to have been involved.
Following Mr Bower’s not guilty plea to the charge of causing death by dangerous driving, a trial date was fixed for July 2027.
The Recorder of Sheffield, Judge Jeremy Richardson KC, released Mr Bower, of Brinsworth Hall Crescent, Brinsworth, Rotherham, on bail until then.