Rohan Dennis has charges confirmed over driving death of wife Melissa Hoskins

Melissa Dennis (née Hoskins)
Melissa Dennis (née Hoskins) (Image credit: Western Australian Institute of Sport / Twitter)

Rohan Dennis was officially charged with causing death by dangerous driving and driving without due care over the incident that resulted in the death of his wife, Olympian and former world champion Melissa Hoskins.

According to the Australian agency AAP, Prosecutor Talia Costi confirmed the charges in front of the Magistrates Court in Adelaide.

Authorities released Dennis on bail to care for the couple's two children while they carried out a thorough reconstruction of the incident.

Hoskins was a member of the Australian women's team pursuit squad for the London 2012 Olympics, where the team finished fourth, and at the Rio Games in 2016 where they came fifth.

She was remembered in January in a service where her father said, "We’re celebrating a life today that was cut way too short. Melissa was just warming up … her best performances were yet to come. We are grieving, all of us. There should have been more."

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