A man has been charged over the death of a 78-year-old woman on a Bethnal Green road last year.

Anthony Mark Smith, 33, of Edmunds Tower, Harlow, Essex has been accused of causing death by dangerous driving after a collision Lillian Carriage in Bethnal Green Road on December 23.

He will appear on bail at Thames Magistrates’ Court on July 12.

The pensioner, from Bethnal Green, died of multiple injuries after being hit by the lorry.