A LORRY driver who collided with a motorcyclist and left him to die has denied that witnesses told him to stop at the scene, a court heard.

Lucian-Sorin Todor checked his Scania articulated lorry and drove off after seeing Jack Burgess, 22, lying in the road. Mr Burgess died the following day from head injuries.

The 52-year-old has pleaded not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and is on trial at Winchester Crown Court. He has admitted a lesser charge of causing death by careless driving.

Todor caused the collision after crossing double white lines to overtake a cyclist on the A32 at Warnford on June 29, 2019.

Motorist Rachel Wells, who was driving the Vauxhall Zafira involved in the crash, said she ‘could not believe’ the lorry driver simply left afterwards.

Questioning Todor on Wednesday, The Recorder of Winchester, Judge Angela Morris said: “You told the jury you heard a person who was leaning over Mr Burgess who was on the floor saying to him effectively "not to move”. Did you hear Mrs Wells shouting at you words to the effect “what the f*** do you think you are doing?”. Can you help us with why you were in the position to hear somebody speaking to Mr Burgess, but you were unable to hear Mrs Wells?”

Todor replied: “I think the cyclist who told Mr Burgess to stay he was speaking louder. I didn’t hear anybody else.”

She also asked whether he remembered someone telling him to pull over because he had had an accident, Todor replied: “No, nobody told me that, I couldn’t hear anything at the time, nobody talked to me”.

Allegedly following the accident, Todor said: “I didn’t hit him, he hit me, it wasn’t my fault” and giving evidence today he recalled that he said he did not hit anybody.

Following the crash Todor left the scene, telling the court: “After I saw Mr Burgess getting assistance I started to think if I had been in contact with him. I was thinking I am blocking the road; I am in the way, ambulance and police would be crowded.”

Todor, of Andrew Crescent, Waterlooville, has denied that he thought the dashcam footage from the lorry would have been of use to the police after the accident.

The trial continues.