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Man due in court charged with causing death of two-year-old boy in Smethwick crash

A 30-year-old man is due in court accused of causing death by dangerous driving after a young boy was killed in a suspected hit-and-run crash.

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A grey Porsche Cayenne hit a Toyota Auris carrying four adults and the two-year-old boy in Dartmouth Road in Smethwick, near Birmingham, on Saturday evening, West Midlands Police said.

Two people in the Toyota, a 29-year-old woman and a 30-year-old man, remain in a serious condition in hospital.

Sharjeel Shahzad is set to appear at Birmingham Magistrates’ Court charged with causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

He is also charged with driving while disqualified, driving with no insurance and failing to stop after a collision.

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