Man 'cannot remember' Longridge death crash

5:29pm Tuesday 8th April 2008

A LONGRIDGE man who was seriously injured in a car crash that killed his friend told police he could not remember the accident.

The pair had been watching a football match on pub TV in May 2005 when the car became airborne in the "horrendous" accident, Preston Crown Court heard.

Both men were over the drink-drive limit.

And the jury was told they would have to decide who was driving the Vauxhall Astra when it hit a tree and went out of control in Whittingham Road, Longridge.

Stuart Callaghan, 27, of Derby Road, Longridge, denies causing the death of 24-year-old Paul Hayhurst by dangerous driving.

Mark Lamberty, prosecuting, said there was a dispute between experts in the case.

But he said: "The prosecution say it was the defendant driving," he said.

(Proceeding).