By Jill Reilly PUBLISHED: 10:31 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 10:47 EST, 22 July 2013 A moped rider who left an eight-year-old boy critically injured in a hit and run crash has been spared prison. Joe Helliwell, 20, who did not have a licence and was uninsured to ride the moped, crashed into Lucas Thorpe as he crossed the street, leaving him critically injured. The youngster suffered a fractured skull, eye socket and leg in the collision and had to be placed in an induced coma at Sheffield Children’s Hospital following the crash in April. Seriously injured: A moped rider who left an eight-year-old boy critically injured in a hit and run crash has been spared prison. Lucas Thorpe suffered a fractured skull, eye socket and leg in the collision
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Joe Helliwell, 20, did not have a licence and was uninsured to ride
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Crashed into eight-year-old Lucas Thorpe as he crossed the street
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The youngster suffered a fractured skull, eye socket and leg in the collision
Joe Helliwell
Joe Helliwell
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