A CRICKLEWOOD woman who died in a collision after the car she was travelling in was chased by police has been named as 27-year-old Lucilaine Regina Oliveira-Almeida.

A 31-year-old man has been charged in connection with the crash on the A39 in Somerset last Sunday.

The car is believed to have hit a verge near Bawdrip.

The driver, who was taken to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton, was treated for a head injury and later arrested.

He was due to appear before Taunton magistrates' court today (Thursday) charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

A second man also travelling in the car was not injured in the crash.