A boy who died in a fail-to-stop collision in Tameside has been named as Shahzaib Hussain.
At 4.45pm on Monday 29 February 2016, police were called to reports of a collision involving a boy and a car on Moss Street West at the junction with Mowbray Street in Ashton-under-Lyne.
11-year-old Shahzaib Hussain was taken to hospital but sadly died a short time later.
The Mercedes car that was involved in the collision did not stop at the scene.
Shahzaib’s sister, Javairiya, and his cousins have paid the following tribute on behalf of his family: “Shahzaib was a lovely boy. No one could resist being his friend because he had such a bubbly and fun personality. My dad calls him his “Teddy Bear” and “Gudoo” because he was so loveable.
“All of our family loves him so much because he was the youngest. People who don’t even know us came to our house to pray for him.
“Cars were made to make travelling easier, not killing someone’s child, someone’s cousin, someone’s brother, uncle or nephew.
“Whoever killed our Shahzaib so ruthlessly, I hope you get what you deserve.”
In the hours that followed the fatal hit and run two men, aged 19 and 27, were arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
Soon afterwards a third man, aged 23, was arrested on the same charge. All three men remain in police custody for questioning.
A dark grey Mercedes A Class was also recovered from an address in Failsworth and will be forensically examined.
Sergeant Paul Higgins from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit said: “I would like to thank the media for their coverage of this case.
“We are still at an early stage in this investigation and we still need people who were in the area of the collision to come forward if they believe they saw anything of value to the investigation.
“Witness accounts will be vitally important to this case, and though we do have people in custody I want to stress that anyone with information should come forward and contact the police.”
Anyone with information should call police on 0161 856 4741 or the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
