A PENSIONER told a death crash jury traffic lights were still green as a cyclist began to cross a main road.
Reymund Gosney, 78, described how Greg Dear started to move off the central reservation before he was hit by a car driven by Julia Moore, 31.
In a police interview, Mr Gosney told officers: “I was standing to his left. He had one foot on the ground and one foot on a pedal. He was astride his bike.
“I was watching the traffic lights more or less over the top of him when I suddenly became aware he started to pedal forward. The lights were still on green. There was a bang. I saw the cyclist sailing through the air, he was catapulted and he landed in the carriageway of the fast lane.”
Asked if he had any doubts whether the lights were green, he replied: “No doubts at all.”
Southampton Crown Court has heard how Moore, 31, was on her way into the city centre when the crash happened in Millbrook Road West at its junction with Regents Park Road at about 7.15am on October 16, 2008.
Moore, of Rownhams Road, Southampton, denies causing death by dangerous driving. She also faces a charge of causing death by careless driving. Proceeding
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