Man admits fiancee's crash death

A soldier from Teesside has pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving after a head-on collision in Cumbria which killed his fiancee.

Victoria Baines, 38, from Stockton, died in hospital following the crash on the A591 near Keswick, last November.

She was a passenger in a Jaguar driven by Staff Sergeant Sean Arundale, of the Royal Engineers.

The 35-year-old, of Fairfield Road, Stockton, was bailed and will be sentenced on 27 November.

Carlisle Crown Court was told on Monday that he had been driving too fast in wet conditions.

His car careered across the road into the path of a BMW travelling in the opposite direction.