Danger driving charge over passenger's crash death

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Elliott Aaron Lemm was killed in the crash which happened in November 2021

A woman has been charged with causing the death of a 20-year-old man in a car crash in Wakefield.

Elliott Lemm, 20, from South Kirkby, was killed when the vehicle he was a passenger in struck a parked car and wall in Horbury in November 2021.

West Yorkshire Police said the woman, 21, from Wakefield, faced a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

She has been summonsed by post to appear before magistrates in Leeds on 23 June.

A woman and a man were also seriously hurt in the incident on the B6128 Wakefield Road just before 01:20 GMT on 13 November 2021.

The 21-year-old woman faces two additional charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving relating to their injuries, police said.

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