‘An absolutely tragic event’
A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a seven-year-old girl died following a hit-and-run in Walsall on Thursday.
The girl was struck by a motorcycle on Turnstone Road in Blakenhall, with police called to the scene shortly after 7pm.
The teenager is in custody and police are searching for the blue and black road bike, and trying to determine the exact make and model.
Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, of West Midlands Police, said: “This is an absolutely tragic event which has resulted in the death of an innocent child. “We have still to recover the motorbike involved and I know someone out there in the local community knows where the bike is.”
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