A motorist in Maine, US, has been charged with drunk driving following a collision with a cyclist – the victim being a friend of the driver, who said he was on his way to pick him up.

Waldoboro Police Department alleges that Jeffrey R Moran, aged 27, was over the limit when the GMC Yukon SUV he was driving struck and killed 31-year-old Jessie Hayden, reports the Sun Journal.