Teenager pleads guilty of dangerous driving after three-year-old Leo Durrington left critically injured in hit-and-run

A 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty at Wigan Youth Court to causing serious injury by dangerous driving after three-year-old Leo Durrington was critically injured in a hit-and-run involving a stolen van.

Two teenagers were charged over the incident, which left Leo fighting for his life.

The three-year-old from Wigan was critically injured when he was hit by the white Ford Transit Connect van which was being followed by police in Leigh, Wigan, on Tuesday morning.

Greater Manchester Police said yesterday that a 16-year-old boy has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving, handling stolen goods, failing to stop at the scene of a collision/failing to report a collision, driving without a licence and driving without insurance.

A 15-year-old boy was charged with allowing himself to be carried in a stolen motor vehicle.

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Leo was described as “fighting for his life” after being hit by the van, which fled towards Twist Lane after failing to stop on Wigan Road shortly after 10.35am on Tuesday. It was later recovered by police in St Johns Street in Abram.

The incident was referred to the force’s professional standard’s branch “in line with normal force policy”, a police spokesman said.