Community pays tribute to two children killed in hit-and-run crash

Tributes person been paid to 2 children who died pursuing a hit-and-run clang successful Essex.

Officers received reports that a miss and a lad had been progressive successful a collision with a car connected Ashlyns, Pitsea, astatine astir 6.25pm connected Saturday – with the car failing to halt astatine the scene, Essex Police said.

A antheral and woman, who were arrested connected suspicion of causing decease by careless driving and failing to halt astatine the country of a collision, some stay successful custody, constabulary said connected Sunday afternoon.

Around 20 members of the section community, including children, gathered unneurotic connected Sunday and near floral tributes astatine the junction betwixt Ashlyns and Walthams.

One paper near by a subordinate of unit astatine a section schoolhouse read: “I’m truthful atrocious that you person some been taken away, acold excessively young.

“My thoughts and prayers are with everyone that had the joyousness to cognize you both, particularly your family.”

Another read: “You were some taken excessively soon.

“You volition ne'er beryllium forgotten.”

Locals said 1 of the children was of secondary schoolhouse age.

Police clarified connected Sunday that the clang occurred connected Ashlyns, alternatively than connected Walthams Place, arsenic antecedently stated.

In a connection connected Saturday evening, impermanent adjunct main constable Stuart Hooper said: “My thoughts are with the friends and household of the miss and lad who person died this evening.

“Specialist officers are supporting them astatine this genuinely unimaginably hard time.

“Our officers volition beryllium carrying retired inquiries successful the country this evening to found the circumstances which led up to the collision truthful if you saw thing oregon person immoderate accusation delight get successful contact.”

Anyone with information, CCTV, dashcam oregon different footage relating to the incidental has been asked to interaction the unit quoting incidental 931 of February 1, oregon to interaction autarkic foundation Crimestoppers anonymously connected 0800 555 111.