Thousands raised for family of boy who died after being hit by a car in Catterick Garrison

More than £18,000 has been raised for the family of a boy who died after being hit by a car in Catterick Garrison.

Tributes are being paid to eight-year-old Joshua Slater - who was involved in the collision on Tuesday.

Neil Rooney works at the football club where Joshua played: "He had that spirit about him, he had character and even at a 8 year old you could have a conversation with him, it wasn't just a difficult conversation you could have a free flowing conversation with you, he was an intelligent lad, a great lad."

"We always say we are the CGF family you know and we've lost one of our, one of our family, we'll never forget him."

You can donate to the fundraiser here

Meanwhile police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage.

They say: 'Officers were called by the ambulance service at 5.49pm to Somerset Close following a report that a child pedestrian had been involved in a collision with a white Land Rover Discovery Sport.

Tragically, the boy died at the scene from his injuries.

The boy’s family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.

At this time, no arrests have been made and the driver of the vehicle is assisting us with our enquiries.

Officers are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and witnessed the collision or saw what happened to get in touch.

If you have not already spoken to officers, please get in touch if you can help with information including dashcam footage or doorbell CCTV footage of the vehicle or the collision itself.

Anyone who can assist the investigation is asked to email Nicola.Peters@northyorkshire.police.uk

Or call 101 and pass information for incident number 12230168003

The road was closed to allow emergency services to attend the collision and for collision investigators to examine the scene.'

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