AN ESSEX man has been charged in connection with a road crash in which a motorcyclist was killed.

AN ESSEX man has been charged in connection with a road crash in which a motorcyclist was killed.

Steven Emsden, 49, from Colchester, died after his Suzuki motorbike was in collision with a Transit van in Great Braxted, on Friday, June 12.

A 43-year-old man from Basildon has been charged with causing death by careless driving, driving while disqualified, driving a vehicle while uninsured and failing to disclose to his employers that he was a disqualified driver. He has been bailed to appear at Chelmsford magistrates' court on January 6.