Four men have been charged over the deaths of a 12-year-old girl and her younger cousin after an apparent hit-and-run incident in Greater Manchester on New Year’s Eve.
Helena Kotlarova and Zaneta Krokova, 11, were crossing the road in Oldham holding hands when they were hit by a car.
Helena was pronounced dead at the scene and Zaneta died two days later in hospital.
On Wednesday Greater Manchester police charged four men with offences including causing death by dangerous driving.
Gabor Hegedus, 39, from Oldham, was charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving, conspiracy to pervert the course of justice, driving without a licence, failing to stop after a collision and failing to report the collision.
David Orsos, 18, Janos Kalanyos, 50, and Zoltan Peto, 49, also of Oldham, were charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.
The men have been remanded in custody and were due to appear at Tameside magistrates court later on Wednesday.
Helena’s parents, Sylva and Robert, raced to the scene, 100 metres from their home, moments after the girls were hit.
Helena’s sister, Sylva Kotlarova, 19, described how her mother held the fatally injured 12-year-old and stroked her hair before she was pronounced dead by paramedics.
Helena, who has seven sisters and one brother, came to England from the Czech Republic eight years ago, her family told reporters. She attended the Collective Spirit free school in Oldham.
