A man has been charged following a hit and run in Weymouth.

24-year-old Leon Fowler of Weymouth has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent, attempting to cause grievous bodily harm, assault, driving a motor vehicle dangerously, failing to stop after a road accident and failing to report a road accident.

He is due to appear at Poole Magistrates’ Court today (Friday, July 19).

As previously reported by the Echo, Dorset Police received a report at 8.26pm on Tuesday, July 16 of a collision involving a car and two pedestrians on Abbotsbury Road, near to the junction with Cromwell Road.

It was reported that the car involved – a black Volkswagen Golf – failed to stop at the scene.

One of the pedestrians, a man aged in his 20s, sustained serious injuries and was taken by air ambulance to hospital. The second pedestrian, a man aged in his 30s, did not sustain any serious injuries.