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Hit-and-run driver hunted
MARK BLUNDEN3 Dec 2008
Police today released a picture of an 11-year-old boy killed after being hit twice in a hit and run smash outside a branch of Ikea.
As the driver who hit him sped off, Michael Richard Martin McDonagh, known as Richie, was then hit by a second car on the North Circular in Wembley, on Saturday. Richie, from Neasden, died later in hospital.
The boy had been on a pedestrian crossing when the first car, believed to have been a BMW, hit him down at 7.20pm on Saturday. The driver drove off towards Brent Cross but the second motorist stopped. Witnesses should call 0208 998 5319.
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This is so sad, and to happen so close to Christmas. My sympathy to his family and friends.
I find so many drivers get reckless and speed up on approaching crossings so the pedestrians don't cross. Half probably don't even have insurance/licences.
I hope they find the first driver, who never even had the decency to stop after taking such a young life, but I doubt he will get more than a £500 fine even when they do.
- Smb, London, UK, 03/12/2008 13:58
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