A 19-year-old man has been charged with killing two women in a crash near Mansfield which also left a child with life-changing injuries.

Derbyshire Constabulary said Emmanuel Chinyanga has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving, two counts of causing death by driving while unlicensed, and two counts of causing death by driving while uninsured.

The charges relate to a collision on November 27 last year in Pleasley, near the Nottinghamshire-Derbyshire border, involving a Vauxhall Meriva and a Suzuki Alto.

Amie Pearson, 26, who was driving the Suzuki, and passenger Chelsea Carlisle, 29, were pronounced dead at the scene.

A Teen has been charged with killing two women in a crash in Pleasley

Two other people – a child who was a passenger in the Suzuki and a passenger in the Vauxhall – also suffered serious injuries.

Chinyanga, of Cricklewood Road, Derby, is due to appear at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court on November 19.

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