A 74-year-old woman is due to appear in court in connection with a serious crash which left a motorcyclist with serious injuries.

The crash, which involved a black Volkswagen Golf and a black Velocette motorcycle, happened on Bere Road,Wareham, near the entrance to the Sika Trail.

The biker, a man aged in his 70s from the Wareham area, sustained serious injuries.

The incident took place at about 10.25am on Sunday, September 15.

A woman from the Dorchester area has been issued with a postal requisition to appear at Weymouth Magistrates Court on Tuesday, January 21, for an offence of driving without due care and attention.