Dylan mum's heartbreak at 'bombshell' new evidence

The mum of a 15-year-old boy killed in a hit-and-run says she has been left devastated after new information emerged nearly nine years after his death.

- by Catherine Musgrove

Penwortham schoolboy Dylan Crossey died hours after being knocked off his bike by David Harwood’s BMW in Chainhouse Lane, Whitestake, on the evening of October 7, 2016.

A court case prosecuting Mr Harwood, from New Longton, for causing death by careless driving collapsed in 2018 because of a lack of evidence, and an inquest in January 2024 recorded a narrative verdict, senior coroner Dr James Adeley unable to satisfy the required elements of unlawful killing.

Giving his verdict, Dr Adeley called Mr Harwood’s behaviour “utterly reprehensible”, and concluded he had been above the drink drive limit and was inputting a postcode into his sat nav at time of impact - something Mr Harwood has always denied.