Man and woman arrested over deaths of two children in crash after car failed to stop

A antheral and a pistillate person been arrested aft 2 children died pursuing a clang successful Essex.

Police said a car failed to halt aft a collision involving a miss and a lad successful Basildon connected Saturday evening.

Emergency services attended the country but some children died.

A antheral and a pistillate were arrested connected suspicion of causing decease by careless driving and failing to halt astatine the country of a collision, Essex Police said.

Temporary Assistant Chief 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 enquiries 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."

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