A WOMAN will come before the courts next month after a jogger died when he was pinned beneath an automatic car on the beach at Swanage.

Gillian Richings, who is 68 and lives in Swanage, has been issued with a postal requisition for an offence of causing death by careless driving following a collision on the morning of April 2.

She will appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Friday, September 14 for a preliminary hearing.

David Frederick Harris, 70, was jogging along the seafront when he was involved in a collision with a Vauxhall Zafira.

The vehicle crashed onto the beach, trapping Mr Harris beneath it.

Members of the public worked together to lift the vehicle off the retired railway signalling engineer.

However, despite their efforts and the work of the emergency services, Mr Harris was pronounced dead at the scene.

His wife Rosemary was being supported by specially-trained officers from Dorset Police.

In April, an inquest into Mr Harris’s death was opened and adjourned.

It was heard that a motorist parking an automatic car allegedly lost control of the vehicle and mounted the kerb before travelling across the promenade and into the beach.

Mr Harris was struck by the car as it went across the prom, it was heard at the court.

A coroner’s officer said the body of Mr Harris, who lived in Ulwell Road, Swanage, was identified by a mortuary technician using a photograph provided by a Dorset Police family liaison officer.

A doctor who carried out a post-mortem examination has provisionally recorded the cause of death as multiple injuries.

The inquest was then adjourned.

At the time of the collision, police called for anyone with information to come forward.

Sergeant Joe Pardey of the traffic unit said: “I am appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision, or has any dashcam footage that can assist my investigation, to please come forward.

“I would also like to hear from anyone who saw the manner of driving of the vehicle prior to the collision.”