A 35-YEAR-OLD man from Bristol is due to appear in court tomorrow charged with causing the death of a Falmouth man by dangerous driving nearly two years ago.

Jaroslaw Bakula, 35, of Long Cross, Bristol is scheduled to appear at Truro magistrates court tomorrow morning (April 28) and it is indicated on the court list that he will plead not guilty to causing the death by dangerous driving of 62-year-old Mr West on July 13, 2020, but the plea will not be known until the day of the hearing.

The full charge reads that on July 13, 2020 at Liskeard in the county of Cornwall he caused the death of Steven West by driving a mechanically propelled vehicle, namely a Mercedes Sprinter van, dangerously on a road namely the A38 at Two Waters Foot Contrary to section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.

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In the original report of the accident police said they were called to a three-vehicle crash at around 3.45pm on Monday, July 13 on the A38 Glynn Valley, near Two Waters Foot.

The vehicles involved were a white Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van, a white Citroen Relay van and a silver Ford Mondeo.

The driver of the Mondeo, 62-year-old Mr West from Falmouth, was pronounced deceased at the scene, police said.

The other occupants of the vehicles sustained minor injuries.