Teenager charged after keen runner struck by car
David Francis was hit by a car which then ploughed into a garden
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A teenager has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving over a collision in which a keen runner was killed.
David Francis was struck by a black Audi S8 which then ploughed into the garden of a house in Morgan Mews, Netherton, on 13 April.
The 63-year-old was regularly seen jogging, sometimes only wearing shorts regardless of the weather, with local tributes calling him the "Litherland Running Man".
He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics, Merseyside Police said.
The force said the 17-year-old was also accused of taking a motor vehicle without consent and two counts of burglary.
He was due to appear at Merseyside Youth Court later.
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