Victim named as efforts intensify to investigate non-stop collision in Stoke-on-Trent

We’re now able to confirm the name of the man who tragically died following a non-stop collision in Stoke-on-Trent.

Officers were called to Newcastle Lane in Penkhull at 9pm on Friday night (11 April) following reports of a collision involving the driver of a car and a pedestrian.

The pedestrian, a man, was found with serious injuries at the scene. Sadly, he was pronounced dead shortly after.

After speaking to his family, we are now able to name him as 51-year-old Christopher Deaville, from Stoke-on-Trent.

The driver of the car did not stay at the scene after the collision.

Detectives trawled the area and found a black Mini Cooper that had been abandoned in an alleyway near Birks Street. The car was badly damaged and had been stolen overnight between Wednesday (9 April) and Thursday (10 April) from York Road in Stafford.

CCTV from the area the car was found shows a man and a woman walking nearby at about 9pm the same night (Friday 11 April). We’re keen to speak to them as part of our enquiries to find out more about what happened.

We’re also urging anyone with any information that can help us to get in touch as soon as possible. We think the Mini was travelling at speed along Newcastle Lane, past the Marquis of Granby pub, onto Penkhull New Road. The driver then turned right onto London Road and into the estate of Boothen Old Road, before getting to an alleyway off Birks Street and Campbell Road, where the car was later found abandoned.

If you can help us, call 101 or use Live Chat on our website, quoting incident 751 of 11 April.

To stay anonymous, call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.