Thorpe Lane Middleton: Man to appear in court in Leeds today charged with causing woman's death in crash
A man is due to appear in court today charged over a fatal road traffic collision in Leeds in which a woman pedestrian died.
Reece Lawrence, aged 29, of Raylands Way, Leeds, has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop after a collision in relation to the incident in Thorpe Lane, Middleton, on Friday night which caused the death of a 35-year-old woman.
He is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court this morning (Monday).
The force said the woman was given emergency treatment but was pronounced dead a short time later.
The Volkswagen car was travelling in the direction of Robin Hood and failed to stop at the scene, police added.
Lawrence was arrested after officers found a vehicle, believed to have been involved in the collision, found abandoned the next morning.
Flowers were left at the scene of the crash and tributes paid to the woman.