Woman due to appear in court in connection with fatal collision in Dorchester
A woman is due to appear in court in connection with a fatal road traffic collision in Dorchester.
Dorset Police received a report at 7.35am on Friday 16 May 2025 of a collision in Bridport Road involving a white Fiat Panda and a bicycle.
Emergency services attended and the cyclist – 50-year-old Justin Loveland – was taken to Southampton Hospital where he sadly died on the evening of Saturday 17 May 2025.
Following detailed enquiries by officers from Dorset Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Team, a 54-year-old woman from Weymouth has been issued with a postal requisition to appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday 29 May 2026 for an offence of causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving.