Tragedy as girl and boy die in horror car crash as cops arrest man & woman over fatal smash & fleeing scene

TWO children person died successful a fearfulness car clang with cops arresting a a antheral and a pistillate aft they fled the scene.

Police officers scrambled to Walthams Place successful Pitsea, Essex, aft reports a miss and a lad had been progressive successful a collision.

Emergency services attended the country and battled to prevention the children but some of them tragically passed away.

An Essex Police spokesperson confirmed that the car failed to halt aft the fatal smash.

A antheral and a pistillate person since been arrested connected suspicion of causing decease by careless driving and failing to halt astatine the country of a collision.

The brace presently stay successful custody.

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.”

Cops urged anyone to travel guardant instantly aft the fatal smash.

The connection added: "If you saw anything, person immoderate CCTV, dash cam oregon doorbell footage, oregon person immoderate accusation delight get successful interaction with us.

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