M62 crash: Man charged over death of 12-year-old boy

A antheral has been charged with causing oregon allowing the decease of a kid aft a 12-year-old lad was killed connected a motorway.

Callum Rycroft, from Leeds, was deed portion connected the eastbound carriageway of the M62 adjacent Cleckheaton astatine astir 22:00 BST connected Saturday.

Paying tribute, his parent described him arsenic "a beauteous blessed soul" who was "larger than life".

Matthew Rycroft, 36, of Leeds, volition look earlier magistrates connected Tuesday.

He has besides been charged with failing to supply a specimen.

Another man, 47, from Bolton, who had antecedently been arrested connected suspicion of causing decease by unsafe driving has been released connected bail pending further inquiries, West Yorkshire Police said.

The unit antecedently said Callum had been trying to marque his mode from the cardinal preservation to the hard enarthrosis pursuing an earlier clang connected the gaffe roadworthy to Hartshead services.

A household connection said Callum was "unique" and "great fun" and they had been "devastated astatine what has happened".

His parent added: "He brought light, laughter and sound into immoderate room.

"Callum had a monolithic interaction connected everyone who met him.

"The location is truthful quiescent without him here."