Man charged following fatal Tyneside road collision
A man has been charged and is due to appear in court following a fatal road collision in North Tyneside.
Ryan Scott, 28, of Chasedale Crescent, Blyth, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, causing death while uninsured and failing to stop following a collision.
Scott is due to appear before South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, December 16.
At around 22:40pm on Friday, December 5, police were alerted to a two-vehicle collision on the A19 in Holystone.
It was reported that a Volkswagen T-roc and a Skoda Fabia were both travelling on the Northbound carriageway when they have collided.
The driver of the Skoda Fabia did not stop at the scene and is believed to have fled the area on foot, travelling north.
Emergency services attended – where the driver of the Volkswagen T-roc, a woman aged in her 30s, was taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
However, despite the efforts of medical staff, the woman – who can now be named as 39-year-old Claire Laybourne from Hebburn, South Tyneside – sadly died the following day.