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We have charged a woman in connection with a fatal RTC in St Helens last year.
On Friday 1 December 2023, David Burrows, aged 59, from St Helens, was riding a pedal bike on Islands Brow, close to its junction with Hinckley Road, when he was struck by a vehicle and injured.
David was taken to hospital for treatment but sadly died of his injuries.
Anya Foster, 32, of Gloucester Street, St Helens, has now been charged with two counts of Causing death by careless driving while over prescribed limit for two separate controlled substances.
In May 2024, Foster had previously been charged with a driving whilst unfit, driving over the prescribed limit for drugs, failing to stop after a collision and failing to report a collision.
A male arrested in connection with the investigation was released and no further action will be taken against him.
Foster has appeared at Liverpool, St Helens & Knowsley Magistrates Court today, Wednesday 3 October. The case was sent to Liverpool Crown Court for a first hearing on 31 October 2024.