Two charged over boy’s hit and run death

TWO men have been charged following a fatal hit and run collision in Ashton that killed an 11-year-old boy.

Henry Brandon Barker (19) of Hampton Road, Failsworth, and Aaron James Ward (23) of Hattersley Road West, Hattersley, appeared at Tameside Magistrates Court yesterday, before being remanded in custody.

Barker has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving, causing death while driving uninsured, driving without insurance, failing to stop at the scene of an accident and failing to report an accident.

Hattersley has been charged with aiding and abetting an individual causing death while uninsured.

Both men will now appear at Manchester Crown Court on March 30.

Shah Zaib Hossain died after being hit by a Mercedes car on Moss Street West at the junction with Mowbray Street at 4.45pm on Monday. The car was later found abandoned in Failsworth.