13-Year-Old Dies in Flitwick Crash; Two Charged

A 13-year-old boy died in a three-vehicle collision in Flitwick, Bedfordshire, on the evening of Good Friday, April 3, prompting charges against a 24-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman in connection with the incident.

Noah Campbell was killed at the scene of the crash, which occurred around 11:50 p.m. on Greenfield Road and involved a car, a bicycle carrying two teenage boys, and a scooter. The two other boys, both teenagers, were hospitalized with serious injuries. According to Bedfordshire Police, one of them remains in serious condition, while the other has been treated and discharged.

Jamie Fountain, of Fir Tree Close in Flitwick, faces multiple charges, including causing death by careless driving and causing death by careless driving while over the legal alcohol and drugs limit. He is also charged with two counts of causing serious injury by careless driving, failing to stop at the scene of an accident, failing to report an accident, and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice. Ellie Ireland, of Wingate Drive in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, has been charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

The pair appeared at Luton Magistrates Court on April 6 and did not...