Pictured: Social worker, 60, who was run over by her own car and killed outside home

A woman who died after she was hit and ‘run over’ by a car in the Greenhill area of Sheffield on Wednesday has been identified as 60-year-old Marcia Grant.

The mother and grandmother, thought to be a foster carer, was remembered as a ‘pillar of the community’ as a 12-year-old boy remains in police custody on suspicion of murder.

Mrs Grant’s family said: ‘Marcia was a warm, loving and dedicated wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend and a pillar of her community.

‘Her loss has already sent shockwaves through all who knew her or was lucky enough to be included in her orbit.

‘We ask for privacy at this time while further investigations are under way and the family try to come to terms with this enormous loss.’

A woman who died after she was hit by a car in the Greenhill area of Sheffield on Wednesday has been identified as 60-year-old Marcia Grant (pictured)

She died at the scene after she was found seriously injured in Greenhill, Sheffield

A boy, 12, was arrested shortly after on suspicion of murder and possession of a bladed article

Emergency services had been called at around 7.10pm on Wednesday April 5 to reports of a crash between a car and a woman in the Greenhill area.

Mrs Grant was pronounced dead at the scene.

Formal identification and a post-mortem examination have not yet taken place.

Neighbours said two boys lived with Marcia Grant in the smart semi-detached home on Hemper Lane, Sheffield. A police car is parked outside one of the houses on Hemper Lane

A police officer is pictured outside a house on Hemper Lane, Greenhill, Sheffield, after a 12-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder

Police were pictured outside a house after a 12-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was struck and killed by a car in Greenhill, Sheffield

Police were called to the Sheffield suburb at 7.10pm last night after reports of a crash

Police and emergency services attended the scene in Greenhill, Sheffield on Thursday night

The boy was found shortly afterwards and arrested on suspicion of murder as well as suspected possession of a knife.

Detective Chief Inspector Andrea Bowell, from South Yorkshire Police, said: ‘This will be a deeply distressing time for the families of those involved in this incident, and I would ask their privacy is respected as they seek to understand what has happened.’

Witnesses or anyone with information should contact police via 101 or anonymously through Crimestoppers.

Floral tributes have been left in Sheffield for a woman in her 60s who was struck by a car and killed

Floral tributes have been left at the front of a house, with the entrance has been boarded off by police tape 

Police remained outside a semi-detached house on Hemper Lane, in Sheffield, on Thursday evening.

A number of floral tributes had been left outside the property which had police tape across the driveway.

One message read: ‘I’m so sorry for your loss.

‘She was a beautiful soul.’