Seven-year-old boy is killed in hit-and-run – as police hunt driver
A heartbroken father has urged a hit-and-run driver to show themselves into police after his ‘stunning’ seven-year-old son was struck and killed whereas attempting to catch a soccer.
William Brown, 7, was accumulating his ball from the road when he was knocked down and left ‘dying in the course of the street’ in Folkestone, Kent final evening. The driver of an unidentified van or automotive is now being hunted by Kent Police after it collided with a purple Citroen.
Fighting again tears, the boy’s father, Will Brown Snr, made a video attraction at this time from his little boy’s bed room, urging the motive force to contact police so the household ‘can work out what occurred to our son’.
‘If it was you that executed it, William Jnr was a ravishing boy and he believed in forgiveness and love, and please, we already forgive you,’ Mr Brown stated.
‘If it is you, you are feeling responsible, however we actually must know so we will lay our son in peace and know what occurred to him.’
William Brown, 7, (pictured) was accumulating his ball from the road when he was knocked down and left ‘dying in the course of the street’ in Folkestone, Kent final evening
Emergency companies on the scene of the hit-and-run on Sandgate Esplanade in Folkestone
Mr Brown held up his beloved son’s inexperienced soccer shirt as he filmed the attraction within the younger boy’s bed room. Behind him had been teddy bears and a neon signal bearing William’s identify
Mr Brown held up his beloved son’s inexperienced soccer shirt as he filmed the attraction within the younger boy’s bed room. Behind him had been teddy bears and a neon signal bearing William’s identify.
‘People of Folkestone and Hythe, might you please assist us,’ he stated. ‘At 5.35pm final evening, Wednesday, November 6, we misplaced our son who was hit in a hit-and-run attempting to gather his soccer.
‘Can you please assist us? If you’ve any info in any respect, any inkling, or something you noticed whenever you drove previous, or something in any respect.’
The grieving father then immediately addressed the motive force that struck his son and fled. He stated: ‘Please attain out to Kent Police so we will work out what occurred to our son.
‘And if it was you that executed it, William Jnr was a ravishing boy and he believed in forgiveness and love, and please, we already forgive you.
‘If it is you, you are feeling responsible, however we actually must know so we will lay our son in peace and know what occurred to him.’
William leaves behind his father, mom Laura, step-mother Vicky Phillips, and a six-year-old sister, Pearl, with whom he was ‘the most effective of associates’.
The teen was left ‘dying in the course of the street’ in Folkestone, Kent
Emergency companies rushed to Sandgate Esplanade close to the junction with Prospect Road after William was knocked down final evening, however the boy died on the scene regardless of efforts to save lots of him.
Police say the collision concerned two automobiles – an unidentified automotive or van and a purple Citroen automotive. The unidentified automobile left the scene within the route of Hythe, earlier than the arrival of emergency companies.
The excessive road was closed to permit police to hold out accident investigation work earlier than reopening at round 7am at this time.
The area people expressed shock, with one resident saying at this time: ‘We’re actually shaken up by what we noticed, we have hardly slept. It’s changing into extra harmful crossing that street and there are rising numbers of people that must cross it.’
Posting on Facebook, a girl – regarded as a member of the family of the boy – stated: ‘There was a success and run in Sandgate Esplanade. The driver killed a seven-year-old boy and left him dying in the course of the street.
‘Anyone who has any CCTV footage of the native space please take a look. Any dashcams, eyewitness or anybody with any info on the motive force.
‘Please come ahead and get in touch with the police. Help us catch this killer, please share this everybody. Thank you a lot.’
Officers have now issued an attraction to establish the motive force. Anyone who witnessed the collision – or noticed both the sufferer or automobiles concerned in moments main as much as it – is urged to contact police.
Information might be reported to the Serious Collision Investigation Unit on 01622 798538 quoting reference MM/DGC/130/23 or at [email protected].
The power has additionally requested drivers and native residents to test their dashcams or CCTV for any footage that will support within the investigation.