Liverpool boy charged over hit-and-run elderly woman death

  • May Laidlaw died from crash with bike in Liverpool around 5pm on Saturday
  • Pensioner suffered multiple injuries from collision and later died in hospital
  • Teenage suspect voluntarily attended a police station in Liverpool on Sunday 

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with causing the death of a 78-year-old woman by dangerous driving.

May Laidlaw died in a hit-and-run collision with a scrambler-type motorbike while crossing Queens Drive in Walton, Liverpool around 5pm on Saturday.

She suffered multiple injuries and later died in hospital.

Floral tributes are left at the scene of the tragic crash in Walton, Liverpool

The suspect voluntarily attended a police station in Liverpool on Sunday.

Merseyside Police said on Monday he has now been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, failing to stop at the scene of a road traffic collision and driving without insurance.

He will appear before Liverpool Youth Court on Tuesday morning.

 

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