Dangerous driver admits killing woman in Barnsley horror crash

A man has admitted killing a woman by dangerous driving after a lorry hit her before crashing into a house in Barnsley.

Karn Hill, 23, of East View, Cudworth, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Jacqueline Wileman by dangerous driving on September 14.

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The scene where the lorry crashed into a house in Brierley, Barnsley.

The lorry hit Ms Wileman, 58, on Common Lane, Brierley, before ploughing into a house in nearby Park View, causing substantial strucutrual damage.

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The scene where the lorry crashed into a house in Brierley, Barnsley.
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Hill appeared at Sheffield Crown Court alongside David Mellor, 48, Wayne Carroll , 29, and Alan Mawhinney, 55, who have also been charged in relation to the incident.

Mellor, of Bank End Road, Worsbrough Dale, admitted a charge of aggravated vehicle taking.

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Jacqueline Wileman.

Mawhinney, of Calder Crescent, Kendray, and Carroll, of Chestnut Street, Grimethorpe, also face charges of aggravated vehicle taking.

Mellor and Mawhinney are also charged with failing to provide a sample.

The Recorder of Sheffield Judge Jeremy Richardson QC adjourned the case and set a provisional trial date of February, 4, 2019.

All four men were remanded in custody.

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