A MAN is due to appear in court in connection with a fatal crash in Poole.

Emergency services were called to a collision near the Civic Centre in Commercial Road involving a black Yamaha motorcycle and a pedestrian at around 6pm on Sunday, February 28, 2021.

The pedestrian, a local man aged in his 70s, was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries. He died on the morning of Monday, March 29, last year.

Bournemouth Echo:

The motorcyclist and his pillion passenger were both taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries.

Providing an update on Friday, December 2. a Dorset Police spokesperson said following enquiries by the force's serious collision investigation team, a 27-year-old man from London has been issued with a postal requisition to appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court on Friday, December 9, for offences of causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

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