Pharmacist pleads not guilty to causing death of teen by careless driving

A pharmacist has pleaded not guilty to causing the death of an 18-year-old by careless driving after a crash with the teenage motorcyclist near Brighton in the summer of 2022.

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The teenager died five days after the crash in 2022

Pharmacist Jagjeet Gujral, 66, pleaded not guilty to causing the death of a teenager “by careless or inconsiderate driving” at Lewes Crown Court last month (October 24), Sussex Police told C+D.

Gujral, of Brighton Road in Hurstpierpoint, was charged with causing the death of 18-year-old Charles Chandler after a crash on Cuckfield Road, Haywards Heath, on August 30 2022, it said.

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Gujral was driving a silver Volkswagen Polo while the teenager was riding a Honda motorcycle, police confirmed.

Chandler was taken from the scene to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton but he died five days later on September 4, the force added.

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Meanwhile, an Isle of Wight pharmacy crushed by a lorry was back issuing prescriptions “within half an hour” of the collision in August.

In May, a Kamsons Pharmacy branch was forced to relocate after a confused motorist crashed their car into its building when they mistook their accelerator for the brake.

And a Boots pharmacy in Liverpool was forced to temporarily close after a car crashed into its storefront in December.

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