Dorset Police says the collision happened on Bridport Road in Dorchester at around 7.35am on Friday 16 May 2025. It involved a white Fiat Panda and a bicycle. The cyclist, 50-year-old Justin Loveland, was taken to Southampton Hospital, where he sadly died the following evening. Following enquiries by Dorset Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Team, a 54-year-old woman from Weymouth has been issued with a postal requisition. She is due to appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday 29 May 2026 charged with causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving.
Dorset Police says the collision happened on Bridport Road in Dorchester at around 7.35am on Friday 16 May 2025.
It involved a white Fiat Panda and a bicycle.
The cyclist, 50-year-old Justin Loveland, was taken to Southampton Hospital, where he sadly died the following evening.
Following enquiries by Dorset Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Team, a 54-year-old woman from Weymouth has been issued with a postal requisition.
She is due to appear at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday 29 May 2026 charged with causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving.
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