A teenage boy who was arrested after a seven-year-old girl died in a hit and run has been released on bail following the shocking incident.
The 14-year-old was held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the collision on Thursday evening.
Katniss Seleznev was killed when a motorcycle ploughed into her in Walsall, West Midlands, just after 7pm on Thursday, police confirmed.
Officers said they have now found two abandoned motorbikes which will be forensically examined.
Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: “Our work to establish the facts around this tragic incident is continuing.”
The schoolgirl is believed to have been playing on her scooter close to her home in Blakenall when she was struck.
Her distraught father rushed to her side and begged her to open her eyes on the side of the road, her mother Tsvetelina Selezneva said.
She was airlifted to Birmingham Children’s Hospital with critical injuries but died later on Thursday evening.
Ms Selezneva paid tribute to her daughter on Facebook: “God took her away too young and fragile.
“I don’t have strength and I don’t want to say goodbye to you, my star. How to let you go, my heart is bleeding, my soul is aching.
“Who will take care of you now up there my angel! I’m powerless, words are not enough, no consolation!
“Every day she told me ‘I love you mom, you are the best mother and the most beautiful because you take care of me and do everything to make me happy’.”
Flowers and stuffed toys have been left at the scene as locals pay tribute to the girl, with one reading: “I will remember your beautiful soul forever. Thinking and praying for your family.”
DS Hughes said: “At this awful time our thoughts remain with the family of Katniss, who are being supported and have asked to be left to grieve in private.
“I would also like to extend my thanks to all those people who have already come to us with information, it is truly appreciated.
“We would ask again that anyone who was at the scene does still come forward, as what they know may be valuable to our ongoing investigation.”
