Details emerge after driver sentenced over hit and run of student

The Daily Mail reported on details surrounding the death of Samia Malik, a 20-year-old Pakistani international student who was struck and killed by a car in South Australia. The incident occurred at approximately 11pm on May 6 of last year on North East Road at Hillcrest, in the north-east of Adelaide. [1]

According to the Daily Mail, Malik had been kneeling in the middle of the road for about four minutes before she was hit. The report noted that Malik was struggling financially and was heartbroken following a romantic break-up prior to her death. [1]

The driver of the vehicle, Ashton Friend, was sentenced in South Australia's District Court for causing the death of Malik and subsequently leaving the scene. The Daily Mail reported that Friend avoided time in jail when he received his sentence. [1]