A MAN has been charged after two people were injured when a car drove into them in Ellesmere Port.
At around 1.15am on Sunday a man and woman both aged 37 were walking along a pavement on Rochester Drive near to Maiden Gardens when a car drove into them.
They both suffered minor injuries.
Anthony Standeven, 28, from Warkworth Court, Ellesmere Port has been charged with driving a motor vehicle dangerously, two counts of attempted wounding and driving a motor vehicle otherwise in accordance.
He was remanded in custody and will appear at West Cheshire Magistrates Court today (Monday, September 4).
Detective sergeant Damian Tierney, of Ellesmere Port CID, said: “I want to reassure the local community that this was an isolated incident and officers acted swiftly to locate the driver of the vehicle.”
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