A disqualified driver left an eight-year-old boy for dead after hitting him with his mum's car. The youngster was "catapulted into the air" after being struck by a grey BMW being driven by Anthony McKenna.
The boy, who lived in Bacup, Lancashire, suffered horrific brain injuries and had to be airlifted to Manchester Children's Hospital, Lancs Live reports. READ MORE:Pub shames 'pathetic' customers who refused to pay for food Preston Crown Court heard how McKenna, 34, drove away from the crash before calling his mother, saying: "I’ve taken your car and hit a kid.
I’m going to top myself." At around 6.30pm on June 24, the schoolboy had been riding his scooter along Newchurch Road in Bacup, with his mum.
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