A MAN will appear before magistrates in Burnley this week in connection with the death of toddler Levi Bleasdale.

Mohammed Aqueel Hussain, 26, of Thurston Street, Burnley, was charged after answering to bail yesterday.

He faces allegations of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop at the scene of an accident, having no licence and no insurance and handling stolen goods.

Hussain will appear before Burnley magistrates on Friday.

Three-year-old Levi died after an accident in Ormerod Road, close to Burnley College, on September 9 when she was struck by a VW Golf.

Her mum Kirsty Ryan, 21, was pushing her five-month-old daughter Brogan in a pram in front of the toddler and the pair narrowly escaped injury themselves.

Levi, described as a "little angel", was taken to Burnley General Hospital then the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, where her life support machine was switched off. Hundreds of people packed St Leonard's Church, Padiham, for her toddler's funeral.

Her cousin, David White, has organised a charity event in March at Daneshouse Working Men's Club, Nicholas Street, and hopes to raise £1,000 for the hospitals which battled to save her.