A man has been charged with causing the death of two sisters in a crash in Frome.
Emergency services were called to a road traffic collision involving a Volkswagen Polo and an Audi RS6 on the A361 at around 10.30pm on Tuesday 25 July.
21-year-old Madison and 17-year-old Liberty North were travelling in the Polo on the Frome Bypass – and were pronounced dead at the scene.
A man – from the Audi – sustained life-threatening injures and was airlifted to hospital.
Avon and Somerset Police this morning (Thursday) charged 39-year-old Thomas Lenthall, of no fixed address, with numerous offences.
He faces two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing death while driving a motor vehicle without insurance.
Lenthall appeared at Taunton Magistrates’ Court this morning, and has been remanded in custody to appear at a crown court on Monday 18 September.
