Man Due in Court Over Fatal Crash Near Lutterworth

A man is due in court today following the death of a young woman after a crash near Lutterworth more than two years ago.

Jack Reape, 31, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving following a collision on the A426 Rugby Road at Cotesbach on December 15th 2023.

Abigale Pearson (left) was injured in the same crash that fatally injured her sister Chloe (right)

Chloe Pearson, 18, from Castleford in West Yorkshire, was seriously injured in the crash and died two days later in hospital.

She had been travelling in a white Citroen C3 when it was involved in a collision with a black Mercedes CLK, leaving all seven people in the vehicles with serious injuries.

Reape, of Townley Road in Wakefield, is also accused of causing serious injury by dangerous driving to three other people — including Chloe’s twin sister, Abigale Pearson, and Robert and Lorraine Teasdale — as well as driving while disqualified.

He is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates’ Court today.