A teen has been arrested after a woman was killed in a Hogmanay New Year’s Eve hit-and-run.
Elizabeth Kennedy, 70, was struck by a car on Barrhead Road in Paisley at 7pm on Tuesday and died at the scene. Emergency services attended the scene and pronounced her dead, while Police Scotland had been attempting to identify the driver behind the hit-and-run. On Saturday, the force confirmed it had arrested a man, who was later released pending further enquiries.
Detective Inspector Jan MacColl said on Friday: “Our thoughts are with Elizabeth’s family, friends and everyone affected by this tragic incident. Officers will continue to support her family as our inquiries progress.
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“I would urge anyone who witnessed the crash, or who may have seen a white car in the area around that time, possibly with damage, to come forward. We would also ask anyone with dashcam footage that could assist our investigation to please get in touch. Anyone who can help is asked to call 101, quoting incident number 2566 of December 31.”
Elizabeth, who was killed at the scene in Renfrewshire, had been struck by a white car on the town’s Barrhead Road near the junction with Ladykirk Crescent, the Daily Record reported. The driver fled and detectives had appealed for information in an attempt to trace them.
The 18-year-old in question has since been released pending further investigations, a source for the force confirmed. They said: “The man has been released pending further inquiries.”
Elsewhere in Scotland, a woman has died just days after Christmas Day after suddenly developing flu symptoms. Kellie Alexander, who turned 47 just a day before her death on December 27, has been hailed as an “amazing” woman who “would have done anything for anybody”. She fell ill on Christmas Eve and died three days later. Her close friend Donna Godfrey, who is now fundraising to help cover funeral costs, described Kellie as a “breath of fresh air” and an “aunty to everybody’s kids”.
Originally from Scotland, Kellie had made Belfast her home with her wife Angela for the past two decades. Speaking to BelfastLive, Donna said: “She has grown up children who live in Scotland, and younger children who live here in Belfast. It was so unexpected. She was blue-lighted to hospital on Christmas Eve. We thought she would be okay and then, the next thing, she was gone.
“She had throat cancer a few years back but she was in remission. She did have other illnesses but we don’t know what has happened. She fell ill with like the flu, this flu that’s going around. I understand that for someone with her illnesses it can be more serious. It was so hard, even for Angela to have to get her an ambulance on Christmas Eve.”