Soldier Charged With Causing Deaths Of Teenage Girls

Police have charged a 24-year-old soldier with causing the deaths of two teenage girls following a road crash.

Promising athletes Stacey Burrows, 16 and Lucy Pygott, 17, were on a training run with when they were hit by a black Ford Focus on Queen's Avenue, Aldershot, Hampshire, last November 8.

Michael Casey, of St Pauls Road, Tottenham, has been charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, Hampshire Constabulary said.

The girls were members of Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club.

Relatives of Stacey said following her death that her motto in life was "work hard".

And the family of Lucy said she had been an "absolute joy to us" and they felt lucky to have had her as part of their family for 17 years.

Casey has been bailed to appear at Basingstoke Magistrates' Court on March 14, a Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said.

Cover image a file photo of Aldershot, courtesy of Thomas Nugent.

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