Driver pleads guilty to causing teenager's death

Wraxall Road roundabout in Warmley. It is a large roundabout with grass and a large tree in the middleImage source, Google
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Teenager Daniel Davies died at the A4174 Wraxall Road roundabout in April 2022

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A driver has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a 16-year-old boy.

Harry Charlton, 29, of Kingswood, admitted causing the death of Daniel Davies by careless driving while over the prescribed limit of drugs, at Bristol Magistrates' Court on 6 September.

Mr Charlton's Ford Fiesta hit the teenager's moped on the A4174 Wraxall Road roundabout in Warmley, South Gloucestershire on 17 April 2022, and the teenager died at the scene.

He is due to be sentenced on 21 October at Bristol Crown Court.

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