Man appears in court over crash near Sheffield which killed two cleaners

A 24-year-old man has appeared before a court charged with killing two women who died on their way to work in a head-on collision with another car.
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Daniel Young appeared before Chesterfield Magistrates Court on Friday August 13 and spoke only to confirm his identity during the brief hearing.

The 24-year-old is accused of causing the deaths of two women, Margaret Collier, aged 59, and 63 year old Caroline Ball, on October 7 last year on the A6135 road which runs between Renishaw and Eckington, near Sheffield.

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The women - who have been described as “best friends” - were both pronounced dead at the scene of the early morning crash.

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Prosecutor in the case, Callum Morris, described how on the morning of the two friends’ sad deaths another car “overtook vehicles on a bend into an oncoming vehicle with two ladies in the vehicle”.

Describing the case as “very sad”, Mr Morris also added that both the women were now “deceased as a result of the head-on collision”.

Young, of Drury Lane, Coal Aston, Dronfield, appeared in court facing two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.

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During Friday morning’s hearing he entered no pleas to the court.

Sending the case to be heard at Derby Crown Court, District Judge Andrew Davison told Young: “These charges must only be dealt with at the crown court.”

Young was granted unconditional bail by the judge and he was told that he would be expected to enter a plea at his next court hearing.

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