Colchester: 13 year-old boy dies following collision

Essex Police is now in a position to release the name of the 13 year-old boy who died following a collision in Colchester at the weekend.

Taylen Ireton, who is from Colchester, died after a collision involving a car and a pedestrian in Mersea Road shortly before 9.20pm on Saturday (21 September.

An investigation has been launched by detectives in the Serious Collision Investigation Unit (SCIU) and Taylen’s family are being supported by specialist Family Liaison Officers at this difficult time.

Three teenagers from Colchester have been arrested.

Two 19 year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing to stop at the scene of a collision, while an 18 year-old man has also been arrested on suspicion of failing to stop at the scene of a collision.

They have been released on bail until 4 December.

Detective Sergeant Same Nason, from SCIU, said:

“We continue to investigate the circumstances leading up to the collision and to support Taylen’s family through the forthcoming days.

“We appreciate that a number of people spoke with officers at the scene, but we’d still like to speak to anyone who may have information or dashcam footage that could help us.”

If you have any information, CCTV, dash cam or other footage in relation to this incident, then please get in contact with us.

You can let us know by submitting a report on our website or by using our online Live Chat service service which is available 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week.

It can be found at the bottom right of our homepage at www.essex.police.uk.

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If you would like to make an anonymous report, you can contact independent charity CrimestoppersUK, by visiting their website or by calling 0800 555 111.

Please quote incident 1317 of 21 September when providing any information to make sure it gets to the right person as quickly as possible.

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