Christopher Harrison, 67, will appear in court charged with causing death by careless driving after 81-year-old Helen Holland suffered serious injuries in the collision and died two weeks later.
A Metropolitan Police officer has been charged over the death of a woman who was hit by a motorcycle escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh through London. The Crown Prosecution Service said it had authorised a charge of causing death by careless driving against 67-year-old Christopher Harrison. He is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 6 November. Helen Holland, 81, suffered serious injuries in the collision in Earl's Court on 10 May. She died in hospital two weeks later.
Ms Holland, a mother-of-four who was also a grandmother-of-10 and great grandmother-of-seven, was struck at the junction of West Cromwell Road and Warwick Road. The CPS said the charge against Harrison was authorised following a review of the evidence by the Independent Office for Police Conduct.
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