24 Dec, 2019 @ 12:37
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CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY: Drug driver mows down and kills woman, 79, before fleeing on foot in Spain

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AN elderly woman has been struck down and killed by a drug driver just two days before Christmas. 

The 79-year-old was mowed down just after noon on Avenida Pinyana in Lleida yesterday while walking over a zebra crossing.

Police officers arrived to the scene to find the driver had fled on foot.

A manhunt was launched before agents located the 52-year-old Spaniard at the Lleida bus station, on Calle Saracibar.

While he passed an alcohol breathalyser test, he failed the drug test.

Police have not revealed which substance he had ingested before fatally hitting the pensioner.

She was not killed immediately, having been transferred to the Arnau University Hospital in a serious condition.

She died from her injuries last night.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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