Overview
- Northumbria Police charged Ryan Scott, 28, of Chasedale Crescent in Blyth, with causing death by dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving, causing death while uninsured, and failing to stop.
- He is scheduled to appear at South East Northumberland Magistrates' Court today, December 16.
- The charges stem from a collision at about 10.40pm on Friday, December 5, on the northbound A19 at Holystone.
- The crash involved a Volkswagen T‑roc and a Skoda Fabia, and the Skoda driver was reported to have fled the scene on foot traveling north.
- The Volkswagen driver, 39-year-old Claire Laybourne from Hebburn, died the next day, and police previously confirmed three arrests connected to the inquiry.