Detectives have charged a 68-year-old Leopold man following a fatal collision in Corio last year.
Police alleged a petrol tanker collided with a utility at the intersection of Broderick Road and Heales Road just before 5pm on 26 December.
The driver of the utility, a 28-year-old man, died at the scene and his female passenger was seriously injured.
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives charged the driver of the tanker with culpable driving, dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing serious injury and other traffic-related offences.
The man appeared at the Geelong Magistrates’ Court Tuesday and was bailed to appear again on 2 March, 2018.
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