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Five held over hit and run death of Halesowen mum Leanne Moore

Hit and run victim Leanne Moore with boyfriend Lee Willoughby.

FIVE people have been arrested over a hit-and-run incident that resulted in the death of a young Halesowen mum.

Leanne Moore, 25, was left for dead on Mother's Day after being struck by a car in Barrack Lane, off Park Road, Cradley.

Ms Moore, mum to a ten-month-old girl, had been in the Widders pub in Cradley, where she often went with her boyfriend, Lee, said landlady Debbie French.

Another person from the pub held Ms Moore until paramedics arrived. She later died in Dudley's Russells Hall Hospital.

Five people from the Stourbridge area have been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.

The five - three men, aged 26, 21 and 20, and two women, aged 18 and 17 - were detained last nightMonday, March 3.

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