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08.02.2022 - 18:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A killer driver went for a McDonald's after mowing down a teenager in a horrendous hit and run.
Connor Matthews knew he had hit 18-year-old Marcus Simmons-Allen, but carried on regardless even as his windscreen was so badly damaged that he could barely see through it.
Matthews, 23, who had been at a party before getting behind the wheel, was only arrested five days later in Liverpool.
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Marcus, who had dreams of a career in engineering, was pronounced dead hours after the crash on George Richards Way in Altrincham.
He was due to start a college course on the day he died.
Matthews, who has never passed a driving test and was driving a stolen VW Scirocco , hit him as he crossed the road a short distance from Marcus's home in Broadheath.
He was travelling at about double the 30mph speed limit.
Marcus, the eldest of three siblings, had agreed to go for a walk with a friend, who was having relationship problems and wanted to get a clear head.
Paula Allen, Marcus's mother, raced to the scene and held her dying son in her arms.
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Fighting back tears as she recalled the moments which continue to haunt her, she said: "I was the first person at Marcus's side, holding him, trying to find his pulse.
"His lifeless body, my son dying in my arms. Time stood still.
"As the short hours passed, we had to accept that Marcus could not and would not ever survive. That
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