A MAN has been charged with careless driving after a woman died following a crash in Little Horkesley.

Lorry driver Nigel Kelsall, 39, was driving his silver convertible BMW, which Stacy Clague, 34, was in, when it left Vinesse Road on Tuesday May 20.

The car hit a tree stump and Stacy, of Bures, received serious head injuries.

She was taken to Colchester General Hospital but died the next day.

Mr Kelsall has been bailed to appear at Colchester Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, December 9.