Man charged over fatal Chrismas Eve crash

A 56-year-old man has been charged over a fatal car crash on Christmas Eve in Perth's eastern suburbs.

Police allege that the man was driving a Mitsubishi truck on Roe Highway in Beckenham when he struck a 51-year-old woman pedestrian who later died in hospital.

The man has been charged with dangerous driving causing death and is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on January 23.