A lorry driver from Co Derry has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a crash at the weekend.
Albertas Daskevicius, from Bawncourt, Ballykelly, was charged over the death of Sean McElwee on Saturday.
Mr McElwee is a former groundsman of Cookstown Father Rocks GAA club.
The victim, who was in his 40s, was driving a van at Melmount Road, between Strabane and Sion Mills, when he was involved in the fatal crash.
The lorry driver accused of causing the collision also faces a number of other charges, including driving without insurance and without a tachograph.
Enniskillen Magistrates’ Court was told that 49-year-old Mr Daskevicius, from Bawncourt in Ballykelly, admitted to police that the collision was his fault.
A police officer said he had pulled out to pass a lorry that was slowing down to turn left when he crossed the white line into the path of an oncoming vehicle.
The court heard that he had not consumed alcohol, and there was no evidence the accused was speeding or using a mobile telephone at the time.
Unemployed Mr Daskevicius had agreed to buy the lorry and had made a payment of £2,000 in an effort to secure work.
He was released on bail on the grounds that he does not drive and surrenders his passport and identity documents for fear of flight.
The lorry driver is due to appear at Strabane Magistrates’ Court on May 14.
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