9:00am Thursday 18th March 2010
A MOTORIST has appeared in court charged with causing two deaths while driving without due care and attention.
Andrew Moorhead of Erskine Road, Hartlepool was involved in a road traffic accident in Tees Road, at about 7.45pm, on July 3 last year.
Maxine Wise, 34, of Eddleston Walk, Hartlepool, was travelling in the back seat of Mr Moorhead’s Ford Focus when it was involved in a collision with a motorbike.
She was airlifted to hospital but later died.
Motorcyclist Edward Adams, 51, of Oxford Road, Hartlepool, died at the scene.
Mr Moorhead, 31, did not enter a plea when he appeared at Hartlepool Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
The case was committed to Teesside Crown Court. He was granted unconditional bail.
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