A 14-year-old boy has been arrested after a seven-year-old woman died following a hit-and-run in Walsall.

Police had been known as to Turnstone Road shortly after 7pm on Thursday after the woman was hit by a motorbike.

The boy is in custody and police are trying to find the blue and black highway bike, and making an attempt to find out the precise make and mannequin.

Detective Sergeant Paul Hughes, of West Midlands Police, mentioned: "This is an absolutely tragic event which has resulted in the death of an innocent child.

"We have nonetheless to recuperate the motorcycle concerned and I do know somebody on the market in the local people is aware of the place the bike is.

"I now need that community to come together and work with me."

He added: "This shouldn't be about defending folks, that is about doing the suitable factor.

"As such I would urge anyone with any information, however large or small, to make contact with us.

"This is a heart-breaking state of affairs that no household ought to ever undergo and my ideas are with the household of this younger woman."

The woman's household is being supported by specially-trained officers.