Death crash trial date set

THE case against a lorry driver accused of causing the death of aPencader student has been adjourned for a trial.

Olin Poulsen, 20, was killed last September when his bike wasinvolved in a collision with a lorry on the A40 near Whitemill.

Olin, of New Inn, Pencader, was an electrical engineering studentat Cardiff University.

The driver of the Volvo lorry was Christopher Thomas Shapland,formerly of Llandrindod Wells and now of Coryton Close, Brecon.

Shapland, 27, denies a charge that he caused Olin's death bydriving without due care and attention. A case management hearingwas held at Swansea Crown Court on Friday and the matter wasadjourned for a trial, to take place on November 7.