THE case of a young motorist accused of causing a fatal crash while under the influence of drugs has been adjourned because he was said to have swine flu.
Carl Bostock is alleged to have caused the death of a 58-year-old Leigh man, Peter Riley, by careless driving while under the influence of drugs on the evening of March 27.
Pedestrian Mr Riley was involved in a collision with a car in St Helens Road, Leigh.
He was taken to the Royal Bolton Hospital with leg, arm and head injuries, but died a short time later.
Geoff Whelan, defending, told a Liverpool Crown Court judge that Bostock, aged 20, of Stuart Avenue, Hindley, had self-diagnosed himself as having swine flu.
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