Murder suspect named after man hit and killed by car Police were called to a street in Woolton after an incident on Friday night Police at the scene of an incident on Stonyhurst Road in Woolton (Image: Liverpool Echo ) A man has been charged with murder after a man was killed in an incident in Woolton on Good Friday. At around 11.45pm on Friday, April 18, emergency services rushed to the scene on Stonyhurst Road after a man, Martin O'Donovan, was seriously injured after being hit by a car. Paramedics arrived to find people helping the 46-year-old in the road before he was taken to hospital where he died from his injuries. Stephen Bates, 41, of Herondale Road, Mossley Hill, was arrested at the scene and has since been charged with murder. ‌ He has been remanded into custody to appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, April 22. A police cordon and large blue tent remained in place on Stonyhurst Road on Saturday afternoon, with a car positioned across the road within it, as forensic teams investigated. At the scene, neighbours told the ECHO they heard shouting in the street before the incident. Article continues below They said a house party had been held that evening at an address on the road. Yvonne Sowerby, who lives on Stonyhurst Road, told the ECHO: "We saw people arriving around 7pm. "We saw people getting out with gift bags and cards. We knew there was a party going on. ‌ Police at the scene (Image: Liverpool Echo ) "Then at 11ish, I'd gone to bed but heard a commotion. It seemed to go away for five or ten minutes. ‌"Then all of a sudden, I jumped out of bed and ran to the window because some noise disturbed me. I looked out of the front bedroom window and there was a car across the road, where the tent is now. ‌ "At the far side of the car there was a group of people looking down at the ground. Obviously there was somebody down there. The next thing the blue lights were all here." Anyone with information on this incident should contact Merseyside Police's social media desk via X @MerPolCC or on Facebook ‘Merseyside Police Contact Centre’. You can also report information via our website: https://www.merseyside.police.uk/ro/report/ocr/af/how-to-report-a-crime/ or call 101 quoting incident reference 25000317232. Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their website here: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/give-information/forms/give-information-anonymously In an emergency always call 999.