Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Thursday, August 24.
07.08.2023 - 14:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A Greater Manchester man has been arrested after a 12-year-old boy was tragically killed in a hit-and-run crash on the M62 motorway.
Police investigating a collision in which the boy was killed on the M62 have made two arrests so far as enquiries continue. A 47-year-old man from the Bolton area has today (August 7) been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving as part of ongoing police investigations into the incident on the M62 near Cleckheaton on Saturday night (August 5).
Officers from the force’s Major Collision and Enquiry Team (MCET) have now recovered the black Toyota C-HR car which was involved in a collision with the 12-year-old on the eastbound carriageway of the M62 between junctions 25 and 26 at around 9.50pm. A 36-year-old man who has already been arrested on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a child remains under arrest in police custody.
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Specially trained officers continue to support the young boy’s family today, according to West Yorkshire Police. The force believes the boy had previously been walking on the motorway with a man after an earlier collision involving an Audi Q5 on the slip road to Hartshead services.
Police have previously said that the 12-year-old was 'trying to make his way from the central reservation to the hard shoulder' when he was struck by the Toyota while on the carriageway. The driver did not stop at the scene or report it, said police.
Detective Chief Superintendent Sarah Jones, said: “We continue to conduct a number of enquiries into this dreadful incident and to support the victim’s family. A man, believed to be driving the Toyota C-HR which failed to stop after it
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