Court Driver denies causing death of music fan on way to Take That show

A WOMAN has denied causing the death of a Take That fan on her way to a concert in Bristol two years ago, as a trial begins at Bristol Crown Court.

- Tristan CORK

Donna Crossman, who was killed as she walked with two friends to a Take That concert at Ashton Gate on June 9, 2024

A jury has heard that Fiona Hodge admits driving the car that hit Donna Crossman on Brunel Way, as she and two friends were walking along the pavement of the flyover towards Ashton Gate stadium, back in June 2024.

Hodge, a 69-year-old from Tyne Street in St Werburghs, was behind the wheel of a Citroen C1 car with two passengers on the northbound side of the flyover, when the car mounted the pavement.

The court heard it narrowly missed Donna Crossman’s two friends, but hit her - knocking her over the concrete wall and sending her plunging down to the ground below, onto the BMX pump track beneath the flyover.

Donna, who had led an extraordinary life that saw her work at the Pentagon, and manage both the Welsh national women’s hockey and rugby teams, suffered ‘catastrophic’ injuries and tragically died, the jury was told.