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Two people have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy and a nine-year-old girl were killed in a hit-and-run crash in Essex. The BBC understands the children were siblings. Police said a car failed to stop at the scene of the collision in Ashlyns,

Officers received reports that a girl and a boy had been involved in a collision with a car in Walthams Place, Pitsea at around 6.25pm on Saturday with the car failing to stop at the scene, Essex Police said.

Floral tributes have been left at the scene of a collision where two children died in Pitsea. Police were called at roughly 6.25pm to reports a girl and a boy had been hit by a car in Walthams Place, Pitsea. Despite the best efforts of emergency services attending the scene, both children have died.

Two children have tragically died following a hit-and-run collision in Pitsea, Essex, on Saturday evening. The incident occurred at approximately 6.25pm when a car struck a boy and a girl in Walthams Place.