A driver has appeared in court charged with failing to stop at the scene of a fatal crash which killed a brother and sister who were riding an e-scooter.
Roman Casselden, 16, and nine-year-old Darcie Casselden were pronounced dead at the scene in Ashlyns in Pitsea, Essex on February 1.
Essex Police said on Tuesday that the driver of a car, 21-year-old woman Deimante Ziobryte, has been charged with failing to stop at the scene of a collision.
The force said Ziobryte, whose address is given in a court document as Merrivale in Benfleet, appeared before Basildon Magistratesâ Court on August 28.
Police said she is next due to appear before the same court on January 8, 2026.
The force said in a statement that Ziobryte âremains on bail in connection with other driving offences and our investigation into those is ongoingâ.
âA man arrested at the time has been told he faces no further action,â the statement added.
An inquest into the two deaths, which was opened and suspended earlier this year pending the outcome of the police investigation, heard that both siblings died of a traumatic head injury.
Essex area coroner Michelle Brown, who opened the inquests separately in Chelmsford in February, said the siblings had been âtravelling on an e-scooterâ.
She said the e-scooter was âinvolved in a collision with a motor vehicle that was travelling east along Ashlyns approaching Stokefeldeâ.
The coroner said emergency services attended and Darcie was pronounced dead at 7.10pm, and Roman at 7.50pm.
The coroner gave the provisional cause of death for each child as âtraumatic head injury pending further investigationâ.
She said Roman and Darcie were âvery youngâ and the case had âvery tragic circumstancesâ.
The childrenâs mother Emma said in a statement released through police that âtheir love, kindness, and spirit live on in the hearts of all who knew themâ.
