A BUS driver is due to go on trial today accused of causing death by dangerous driving.

An Arriva service bus struck a number of people in Northgate, Darlington, before crashing into the front of the town's Halifax bank on July 7, 2016.

Great-grandmother Eileen Brennan, 82, died following the crash, and another two pedestrians were injured – one of them seriously.

The Northern Echo:

The bus involved in the accident in Darlington

Michael Gilbert has pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and is due at Teesside Crown Court this afternoon.

The 52-year-old, of New Row, Middleton St George, near Darlington, has also pleaded not guilty to a lesser charge of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

The trial - which is expected to last four days - will be heard by Judge Howard Crowson in Court 7.