M62: Boy, 12, killed in hit-and-run crash on motorway

A 12-year-old lad has died successful a hit-and-run clang connected a motorway successful West Yorkshire.

The kid was struck by a conveyance connected the eastbound carriageway of the M62 adjacent Cleckheaton soon earlier 22:00 BST connected Saturday.

The conveyance progressive failed to halt astatine the scene, West Yorkshire Police said.

A 36-year-old antheral has been arrested connected suspicion of causing oregon allowing the decease of a kid and is presently successful custody.

Just aft 21:30 constabulary received reports of a single-vehicle clang connected the gaffe roadworthy to Hartshead Moor Services.

Shortly earlier the fatal crash, officers received further reports of 2 radical walking on the motorway.

A antheral was aboriginal recovered connected the hard enarthrosis and was taken to infirmary for attraction to insignificant injuries, a constabulary spokesperson said.

Det Ch Supt Sarah Jones, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "This is an perfectly tragic incidental that has resulted successful the decease of a young boy.

"We recognize that helium was trying to marque his mode from the cardinal preservation to the hard enarthrosis erstwhile helium has been deed by a vehicle. The operator of this conveyance has not stopped astatine the country oregon reported this collision to the police, and I would impulse them to travel guardant now.

"We are besides asking anyone who was driving on the M62 betwixt Hartshead Moor and the M606 past nighttime betwixt 21:30 and 21:50 to delight cheque immoderate dashcam footage you whitethorn person of this incident."

The agelong of motorway betwixt junctions 25 and 26 was closed overnight, but has since reopened.

Anyone with accusation is asked to interaction the force's large collision enquiry team.