Appeal over second vehicle in fatal crash investigation

Liam Ball, 17, was tragically killed when the car he was a passenger in hit parked vehicles in Weston Street, in Walsall, on August 2.

Two 14-year-old girls in the VW Golf were also injured in the crash, according to West Midlands Police.

A 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving.

He is due to be sentenced at Wolverhampton Crown Court on September 5.

But police are now asking for the public's help in locating a second vehicle, a Volkswagen Touran, with registration number AP05 CZO – which is believed to have been involved in the circumstances leading up to the crash.

Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, from the force's Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: "This is an important line of enquiry and it is believed that the driver of this car may have vital information around the events that led to the fatal collision.

“I know the car regularly travelled around Caldmore and the wider Walsall area. It is possible that it is parked up in a garage, has been sold on or scrapped.

"I would appeal for anyone with any information or who recognises this car, to contact us.”

Anyone with information can call officers on 101 quoting log 36 of August 2, or emailing fl_collision_invest@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk.