Man on crash charge after boy is killed

A man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a collision in which a 14-year-old Shrewsbury cyclist died.

The man, in his 20s, was charged on Saturday after answering police bail.

The collision happened in the town's Whitchurch Road last year.

Teenager Ben Somers, of Field Crescent, was involved in a collision with a car while riding his bike at the time of the incident on October 24.

He was taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with critical injuries where he died the following day.

He was taken to the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital with critical injuries where he died the following day.

Today police said the man who was charged had answered police bail after being arrested at the scene of the collision in October.

He was also charged with driving a vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs and has been bailed to appear at court at a date to be fixed.

Ben's family paid tribute to him as "a little miracle" after he was born at just 34 weeks. They said he had been riding a new bike which had been bought for his birthday when the collision happened.

Tributes also flooded into the Shropshire Star's website from people who described Ben as a "loving boy" and spoke of their shock at his death. They said he would be "sadly missed and remembered as a happy and playful friend".

One person said his "smiling face" would be "sorely missed" around his school.

More than 400 people attended his funeral service at The Church of the Holy Spirit in Harlescott.