The young girl sadly died in the early hours of Monday morning and specialist officers are now supporting her family as West Midlands Police investigate the incident in Coventry

An 11-year-old girl who was hit by a car has tragically died in hospital four days later.

The young pedestrian was struck at around 6.10pm on Thursday, October 22, on Tamworth Road in Coventry.

She was found critically injured and had to be rushed to hospital in a serious condition.

The 53-year-old driver of the Toyota Verso remained at the scene, but was not spoken to at the time as he required medical attention.

He will be spoken to in due course as police seek to establish the full circumstances of what happened.