Overview

• Deimante Ziobryte, 21, is charged with failing to stop at the scene of the Feb. 1 collision in Ashlyns, Pitsea.
• She appeared at Basildon Magistrates’ Court on Aug. 28 and is due back on Jan. 8, 2026.
• Roman Casselden, 16, and his sister Darcie, 9, were pronounced dead at the scene after their e‑scooter collided with a car.
• An inquest into both deaths was opened and then suspended, with the provisional cause recorded as traumatic head injury.
• Police say the car did not stop, the vehicle was traveling east along Ashlyns approaching Stokefelde, and tributes for the children have been shared by the community.