A MAN who crossed to the wrong side of Tomago Road in March 2020 and caused a head-on crash that killed 75-year-old Geoffrey Gilbert-Smith was suffering a mental health impairment at the time and most likely was not driving "consciously and voluntarily", Newcastle District Court has heard.
Daniel Mark Pelos, 35, of Kurri Kurri, who is represented by barrister Mark Preece and solicitor Drew Hamilton, has pleaded not guilty to dangerous driving occasioning death over the crash at Tomago but was found unfit to stand trial in 2021.
