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A man and two teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 44-year-old was struck by a car and killed near a pub.
Matthew Weller was hit by a VW Passat car near to the Nag’s Head pub in Accrington town centre, at the junction of Blackburn Road and Birch Street on Wednesday night, Lancashire Police said.
He was taken to hospital but died later. The force said the car failed to stop at the scene and was later found abandoned in Barden Road.
An 18-year-old man and two boys, aged 17, are being held in police custody for questioning.
