Teenager killed on her way to school in Witney

The family of Liberty Baker, the 14-year-old girl who was knocked down and killed by a car in Witney, say they are devastated she has gone.

They also said:

The teenager died on Curbridge Road on Monday morning.

Three others were injured in the crash.

The 18-year-old driver of the car, arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, has been released on bail until the 10th of August.

Flowers have been laid at the site where a 14-year-old girl died yesterday in Witney.

She has been named locally as Liberty Baker, who was described as a "friendly and kind girl".

Liberty was a Year 9 pupil at the 1,400-pupil Henry Box School in Witney where staff and students are being counselled over her death.

Officers attended Curbridge Road at 8.12am yesterday morning after reports a car had collided pedestrians.

An 18-year-old man arrested in connection with a fatal collision in Witney yesterday has been bailed by police.

The man, who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after a collision in Curbridge Road in which a 14-year-old girl was killed, has been bailed until 10 August.

A teenage driver arrested over a collision which killed a 14-year-old girl and injured three other people was tonight bailed by police. The 18-year-old man was held on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after the incident in which a car hit pedestrians in Witney this morning.

Tributes were earlier paid to the dead girl, named locally as Liberty Baker, who was described as a "friendly and kind girl". Flowers were left by the roadside where Liberty was fatally injured in Curbridge Road just after 8am.

The two unnamed girls and the man were receiving treatment at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford as police appealed for information.

Liberty was a Year 9 pupil at the 1,400-pupil Henry Box School in Witney where staff and students were being counselled over her death.

On her way to school this morning, a 14-year-old schoolgirl was walking with two other 14-year-olds and a 40-year-old man. The group were hit by a car, with one girl losing her life and three others taken to hospital. The town of Witney is paying tribute to the young girl who was killed.

Richard Slee has been to the scene of the fatal crash.

A 14-year-old girl who was killed after she was hit by a car this morning in Witney has been named locally.

The schoolgirl who died has been named locally as Liberty Baker.

The other three victims who were struck by the car were taken to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

Tributes have been pouring in on social media sites for the young girl who attended the Henry Box School.

A 14-year-old girl has been killed in Witney after being hit by a car this morning.

Headteacher Wendy Hemmingsley, of Henry Box School, where the girl was a pupil has issued the following statement.

"With deep regret I have to report that a Year 9 student was involved in a fatal traffic incident this morning in Witney.

The school community is deeply saddened by this news and our thoughts are with her family and friends at this difficult time. Support is being offered to students and staff."