{"id":170060,"date":"2023-08-31T19:13:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/boy-7-dies-after-bmw-ploughed-into-him-in-horror-huddersfield-crash-as-driver-arrested\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T19:14:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T13:44:56","slug":"driver-arrested-after-boy-7-killed-in-huddersfield-accident-when-bmw-crashes-into-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/driver-arrested-after-boy-7-killed-in-huddersfield-accident-when-bmw-crashes-into-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver arrested after boy, 7, killed in Huddersfield accident when BMW crashes into him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<p>The police arrested its driver after an SCHOOLBOY was killed by a BMW. <\/p>\n<p>After reports of a 7-year-old being hit by a motor vehicle, the emergency services raced into a West Yorkshire road on Wednesday night. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__media\">\n<div class=\"article__media-img-container open-gallery\" data-index=\"40574\"><a href=\"#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A seven-year-old boy has died after being hit by a car\" height=\"622\" width=\"960\" class=\"lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Boy-7-dies-after-BMW-ploughed-into-him-in-horror.jpg\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Boy-7-dies-after-BMW-ploughed-into-him-in-horror.jpg?strip=all&amp;w=960\" role=\"img\" data- title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article__gallery-count-value\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"article__media-caption\"><span class=\"article__media-span\">The car that hit the boy, aged seven years old, killed him.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The boy died tragically in hours after being rushed to the hospital. <\/p>\n<p>West Yorkshire Police released the following statement: &#8220;Police in Huddersfield, investigating a fatal accident on the road are looking for witnesses.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0It happened at Longfield Avenue Golcar, Golcar around 6pm Wednesday (30th August), when a BMW X4 in black collided into a child.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The seven-year-old boy was taken to hospital with serious\u00a0injuries, but\u00a0was sadly pronounced deceased\u00a0a short time\u00a0later.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The driver of the vehicle, a male in his thirties, has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and\u00a0remains\u00a0in custody at this time.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Media are requested to respect the privacy of the deceased\u2019s family at what will clearly be\u00a0a very difficult\u00a0time for them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Major Collision Enquiry Team is investigating the incident and is asking for any witnesses to the collision, or what happened prior to it, to contact them on 101, or by using the\u00a0livechat\u00a0facility on the West Yorkshire Police website, quoting log 1378 of 30 August.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anyone with footage that may\u00a0assist\u00a0the investigation is also asked to\u00a0make contact with\u00a0the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police arrested its driver after an SCHOOLBOY was killed by a BMW. After reports of a 7-year-old being hit by a motor vehicle, the emergency services raced into a West Yorkshire road on Wednesday night. 1 The car that hit the boy, aged seven years old, killed him. 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