A man from Essex has been charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy was killed in a crash between a car and moped.
Paul Biggs is one of two men to have been charged with murder by police.
Liam Mooney was critically injured in the collision in Rocky Lane, Birmingham, at around 7.20pm on March 22.
He had been riding pillion on a moped at the time and died from his injuries in hospital the next day.
The incident also involved a Volvo car, West Midlands Police have said.
Biggs was arrested at his home in Hutton Drive, Brentwood, in connection with the crash.
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A second man, Dale Sharpen, was detained at his address in Vicarage Road, Woodford Green, north-east London, in the early hours of Tuesday.
Biggs, 25, and 30-year-old Sharpen have since been charged with murder and also face an allegation of wounding, in connection with another teenager who was also on the moped and also injured.
The men were set to appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court today.
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