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A man is due to appear in court in connection with a reported fail-to-stop collision in Dorchester.
At around 6pm on Monday 11 November 2024 a collision occurred on Bridport Road near to the junction with Williams Avenue involving a car – a blue Skoda Enyaq – and a pedestrian.
It was reported that the driver of the car failed to stop at the scene and made off in the direction of Poundbury.
The pedestrian – a woman aged in her 80s – was taken to hospital for treatment after sustaining serious injuries.
Following an appeal and enquiries by officers of the Serious Collision Investigation Team, a 72-year-old man from Dorchester came forward and was subsequently issued with a postal requisition to appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 11 June 2025 for an offence of causing serious injury by careless driving and failing to stop after a road accident.
Officers are appealing for witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to come forward after a fail-to-stop collision in Dorchester.
At around 6pm on Monday 11 November 2024 a collision occurred on Bridport Road near to the junction with Williams Avenue involving a car – described as possibly a dark blue hatchback – and a pedestrian.
The driver of the car failed to stop at the scene and made off in the direction of Poundbury.
The pedestrian – a woman aged in her 80s – was taken to hospital for treatment. She has sustained serious injuries that are not described as life-threatening.
Police Sergeant Richard Stroud, of the Roads Policing Team, said: “An investigation is underway to identify the driver of the vehicle involved in this collision.
“I am appealing to anyone who saw what happened, or may have captured anything of relevance on dashcam or CCTV footage, to please get in touch.
“I would like to directly appeal to the driver of the vehicle to do the right thing and come forward so we can take your account and establish the full circumstances.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact Dorset Police at www.dorset.police.uk, via email at [email protected] or by calling 101, quoting incident number 55240173986. Alternatively, independent charity Crimestoppers can be contacted anonymously online at Crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling Freephone 0800 555 111.
