A 21-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following the crash in Wickersley, near Rotherham, on Sunday . He has now been released on bail as enquiries continue, but West Yorkshire Police has since said it is now treating the incident as a murder. It comes as the family of the victim, 20-year-old Mackenzie Ball, paid tribute to him after police named him.
” Police said the crash happened shortly after 4pm, when a silver Land Rover Discovery and silver Subaru Forester were in a crash on Morthen Road at the junction with Moat Lane. Mackenzie, who was a passenger in the Land Rover, died at the scene. The driver and three passengers inside the Subaru ran away from the scene, and police are now trying to find them.