A man is due to appear in court in relation to a crash in north Dorset in which a 23-year-old woman died. 

The fatal collision occured on Saturday, May 1, 2021, at around 8.15pm when an Audi Allroad estate vehicle crashed on the B3081 Shaftesbury Road between Shaftesbury and Gillingham.

Emergency services attended and a 23-year-old female passenger of the Audi was pronounced dead at the scene.

Following an investigation by officers, a 30-year-old local man has been issued with a postal requisition to appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, August 24, 2022, for an offence of causing death by dangerous driving.

Two further occupants of the vehicle were taken to Salisbury District Hospital with serious injuries.