Killer driver went to McDonald's after mowing down teenager out on a walk with his friend
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA killer driver went for a McDonald's after mowing down a teenager in a horrendous hit and run. Connor Matthews knew he had hit 18-year-old Marcus Simmons-Allen, but carried on regardless even as his windscreen was so badly damaged that he could barely see through it.
Matthews, 23, who had been at a party before getting behind the wheel, was only arrested five days later in Liverpool. READ MORE : Carer raped 99-year-old woman as horrified family watched Marcus, who had dreams of a career in engineering, was pronounced dead hours after the crash on George Richards Way in Altrincham.
He was due to start a college course on the day he died. Matthews, who has never passed a driving test and was driving a stolen VW Scirocco , hit him as he crossed the road a short distance from Marcus's home in Broadheath.
He was travelling at about double the 30mph speed limit. Marcus, the eldest of three siblings, had agreed to go for a walk with a friend, who was having relationship problems and wanted to get a clear head.
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