www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-13830042 my sympathies go to the family of this tragic hit and run very sad news I do hope they manage to catch the driver

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-13830042 my sympathies go to the family of this tragic hit and run very sad news I do hope they manage to catch the driver

This is awful news!

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I did actualy write what I thought they ought to do when they catch the scrote involved but on reflection it's not suitable to air on a public forum.

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At lunchtime yesterday (18th June) A six-year-old boy was knocked down and killed by a hit and run driver in Kettlethorpe, Wakefield. Does anyone know of someone who has recently damaged their car? it's thought to be a grey or light-coloured hatchback. Can't imagine what the familys going through

Gutted for the boy's family, my lad got knocked down a few years back in Lupset and the driver sped off. Fortunately he had that many layers of clothes on he bounced off the bumper.

Hope they catch the scum and give him more than 5 years.

This happened 100 yards away from my house yesterday. It is important that anyone who has any information comes forward so that the driver can be caught and brought to justice.

I live just off Barsnley Road, thought something bad must have happened when loads of police cars went past. Awful news

Awful news my thoughts are with the family,I can only imagine what the poor parents are going through. I hope the low life that did this is caught and dealt with,with full force of the law as soon as they can.

I saw a kid run out into the road a week or so ago... right at the side of a car.. how the two did not collide I still do not know... there would have been nothing that the driver could have done to prevent the accident... however and more importantly I was driving on the other side of the road and towards the incident and saw the face of the young man at the wheel, he was white with shock, and did not stop, to be honest he looked short of any normal mental capacity... thinking back I am not sure he would/ could have stopped if he had hit the kid... just because the driver did not stop does not mean that it was not an accident.

please do not judge the situation until the full facts come out... my own son would have beed dead but fror the lightning reactions of a woman driver in North Yorkshire... it was totally his fault.

to talk of serving judgment at this stage is premature.

I grew up on that street.

My girlfriend is a teacher at the boys school... Awful news... My heart goes out the the family... I cant beleive the driver drove off its terrible...

Very sad R.I.P. young man....

I can. Some people just panic doesn't make them evil just weak. Others are just selfish scum. That thankfully is for the Police and the Courts to decide.

My own personal belief is to own up and face the music straight away no matter how bad it is because if you don't it will only get worse. However that's easy to say when it's not you. If however you are a half decent person your life is ruined even if you don't own up, you'd never forget that image as long as you lived. Calling people low life and scum is a bit premature and helps no one.

What I don't know is if there is a huge difference in the eyes of the law between killing someone through dangerous driving and hit and run. For me there should be at least double the penalty for the latter if there are no mitigating circumstances, but knowing the stupid way the law works there probably isn't.

Either way it won't bring the boy back which is the real shame.