Man and woman arrested over Pitsea crash which killed two children released

The officer overseeing the inquiry into Saturday’s fatal collision in Pitsea says the investigation is “making good progress”.

A car collided with a 16 year-old boy and a nine year-old girl, who are believed to have been riding a privately owned e-scooter at the time, in Ashylns at around 6.25pm on Saturday (1 February).

Chief Superintendent Leighton Hammett said: “This has been a hugely emotive incident and I know the family, and wider community, want to know what happened.

We are making good progress in our investigation which is focussing on a number of factors.

I know there has been a lot of commentary online about the incident but I would ask that people please do not speculate.

We will investigate and we will get the answers.”

The car failed to stop at the scene and a man and a woman – both in their 20s – were arrested a short time later on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

The woman has now been released on bail while enquiries continue.

The man has been released under investigation.

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