Delivery driver, 21, admits killing pedestrian while speeding to drop off takeaway
A delivery driver has admitted killing a ‘loving’ young man after crashing into him while driving at 60mph on a 60mph road.
Rosie Hanson, 21, was on her way to deliver a takeaway when her VW Golf fatally struck 27-year-old Ryan Phillips in Marine Parade, Sheerness, in Kent, on January 17, 2024.
Mr Phillips was enjoying an evening walk with his girlfriend when the tragedy occurred.
Hanson, from Minster, previously pleaded not guilty to a charge of causing death by careless driving at Maidstone Crown Court in December.
But today she admitted the offense as well as a second charge of causing a death while uninsured.
Her lawyer Allan Goh explained that Hanson’s insurance policy may not have extended to takeaway deliveries.
Hanson continues to maintain that an animal caused her to swerve into the road, as she previously told the court.
But prosecutor Tom Nicholson said this was ‘perhaps of less significance’ as it emerged she was traveling at 60mph – 20mph above the speed limit – before she ‘lost control so rudely’ and collided with Mr Phillips, KentOnline reported.
Rosie Hanson, 21, has admitted killing a ‘loving’ young man after crashing into him while driving at 60mph on a 60mph road
Ryan Phillips was fatally struck while taking an evening walk with his girlfriend in 2024
Hanson has been released on bail and has been temporarily banned from driving.
A GoFundMe page set up for Mr Phillips’ family after the tragedy described him as a ‘kind, loving and caring young man’.
The tribute continued: ‘He had a bright future ahead of him, he was going somewhere, the world was his oyster!’
Judge Oliver Saxby KC adjourned the proceedings until July 2.