18yo hit-and-run driver detained

TARAZ. KAZINFORM The Zhambyl region police detained an 18-year-old driver who hit a 37-year-old man and fled the scene quickly without stopping to help him, the internal affairs department said.

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The fatal accident occurred early Monday morning in the town of Shu nearby the railway station. Police investigators located a Toyota Mark II that matched the description in hot pursuit. The driver was taken to the temporary detention centre. The man could face up to five years of imprisonment.