Man charged over crash that killed two women

A man has been charged after two women died in a crash that also left a nine-year-old boy with life-changing injuries.

Amie Pearson, 26, and Chelsea Carlisle, 29, were travelling in a Suzuki Alto with the boy when it was involved in a crash with a Vauxhall Meriva in Pleasley, on the Derbyshire-Nottinghamshire border, at about 06:20 GMT on 27 November.

A passenger in the Vauxhall also suffered serious injuries, said police.

On Friday, Emmanuel Chinyanga was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, two counts of causing death by driving while unlicensed, and two counts of causing death by driving while uninsured.

The 19-year-old, of Cricklewood Road, Derby, is due to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court on 19 November.

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