A COACH driver has admitted causing the death of a pedestrian by careless driving.

Kenneth Reeves, 61, of Fordwich Road in Brightlingsea appeared at Colchester Magistrates’ Court today and pleaded guilty after a collision in East Hill, Colchester on January 16 killed 96-year-old Nora Hewitt.

Reeves will be sentenced at Chelmsford Crown Court in the week commencing October 26.