Child boy dies after pregnant girl was critically injured in ‘hit-and-run’ at Lancashire pedestrian crossing

A child boy has died after a pregnant girl was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash.

The lady in her 30s, was strolling on a zebra crossing in Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, at round 8pm on Sunday when she was struck by a automotive, police mentioned.

Regardless of paramedics rapidly taking her to hospital for emergency surgical procedure to ship her toddler baby, the boy didn’t make it.

It has been reported {that a} darkish gray Toyota Prius automotive was travelling on Station Highway in direction of Preston on the time of the incident and didn’t cease on the scene.

The drive appealed for anybody who noticed the automotive earlier than or after the crash or anybody with details about who was within the automotive or the whereabouts of the automobile with the registration FY62 MXC to return ahead.

A 17-year-old lady from Lostock Corridor, a 19-year-old man from Bolton and a person, 40, from Blackburn, have been arrested on suspicion of helping an offender and trying to pervert the course of justice, in keeping with Lancashire Police. 

Two boys, aged 16 and 17, and a 53-year-old man, all from Bamber Bridge, who had been earlier held in reference to the incident have been bailed.