He had gone out like he had every other day.
Mrs Timmins recalled how she was sitting on her sofa at her Tipton home when the car smashed into her son in St Mark's Road at 1.40pm on February 27. Two people have been arrested in connection with the crash but no-one has been charged, they added. CCTV shows the car speeding away from the scene of the crime with its front bumper hanging off while it crosses a grass verge.Ĭrimestoppers has offered a reward of up to £20,000 for information that leads to the conviction of those responsible for the incident. He will never be forgotten.'ĭashcam footage shows the seconds leading up to Mr Whitehouse's tragic death. I need justice for my son, it's been over 12 months now. I just really need somebody to come forward and just help us to catch whoever has done this. 'His friends have all been left devastated as we all are. It could have been anybody's son, anybody's father, mother, daughter. I just really need someone to come forward. Mrs Timmins, who heard the crash take place, told reporters at Lloyd House: 'This has just ripped our hearts out. He was on a pavement talking to a friend on a bike when he was struck from behind by a stolen silver Infiniti car in Tipton, West Midlands, on February 27 last year, and sadly died the day after his stepfather's funeral. The 43-year-old father-of-one had 'helped numerous people' in the community and was a full-time carer for his disabled mother. The devastated family of a beloved father-of-one who was tragically mowed down by a stolen car in a hit-and-run today wept during an emotional appeal to find his killer - as harrowing footage shows the moment he was ploughed.ĭarren 'Daz' Whitehouse's heartbroken mother Suzanne Timmins was embraced by her family as she broke down in tears after 'begging' anyone with any further information to come forward at a conference at West Midlands Police headquarters in Birmingham.