The officer overseeing the inquiry into Saturday’s fatal collision in Pitsea says the investigation is “making good progress”

Two people have been arrested after two children were killed in a crash in a residential cul-de-sac in Essex. A boy and a girl died in the incident in Walthams Place in Pitsea, near Basildon, on Saturday at about 6.25pm. Essex Police said the car failed to stop at the crash.

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.