CPS Charge Blackpool Tram Driver With Causing Death By Driving Without Due Care And Attention

09/06/2010

The Crown Prosecution Service has today notified the police of its decision that there is sufficient evidence and that it is in the public interest to charge Paul Edensor, a 36 year old tram driver, with causing death by driving without due care and attention.

A tram that he was driving hit a pedestrian, Moreen Foxwell, in Blackpool on 5 August 2009 and she died in hospital on 12 September 2009.  A summons has been obtained from Blackpool Magistrates' Court and will now be served on Paul Edensor.  He will appear at the Magistrates' Court on 8 July for an initial hearing.  Mrs Foxwell's family have been informed of the CPS decision.