A MOTORIST has been charged with failing to stop after hitting a pedestrian.

Ashleigh Sloan, 27, of Fowler Road, Colchester is charged with failing to stop after a road accident, and failing to report the same accident.

She is due to appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court on December 30.

Police appealed for information after the incident in Berechurch Hall Road, close to the junction with Monkwick Avenue, on Sunday at around 11.20pm.

The pedestrian, a male aged 43, only suffered minor injuries.