‘Hit and run’ driver that killed Ashleigh Humphrys dies suddenly

THERE has been a surprising and tragic twist in the case of hit-and-run victim Ashleigh Humphrys with the sudden death of the driver of the car which hit her.

Driver in hit-and-run tragedy dies suddenly

THE driver of the car that is thought to have killed young Queensland woman Ashleigh Humphrys has died suddenly, days after being questioned by police.

He was located by police after a taxi driver remembered his licence plate. It’s believed he didn’t have a criminal record and was unlikely to have faced charges over Ms Humphreys death.

Police confirmed this morning his death was “non-suspicious”.

Ms Humphreys was killed when she was hit by a car as she walked home from a party in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Courier Mail reports charges were not certain to be laid because police believe 20-year-old Ms Humphrys was either lying or kneeling on the ground when she was hit.

The driver, who has an adult daughter, was heading to work in Brisbane’s CBD early Sunday morning when the tragedy occurred.

Ashleigh Humphrys was killed when hit by a car in a hit and run at the City end of the Western Freeway, Toowong.

Ashleigh Humphrys may have been kneeling or lying on the ground when she was hit and killed by a car.

He went to work as normal and, when tracked down by police, said he did not know he had struck her, the Courier Mail said.

The police officers who interviewed him informed him charges were not certain.

Ms Humphrys had decided to walk home along the busy Western Freeway after celebrating her 20th birthday. She’d just argued with friends when she decided to walk from Toowong to Seventeen Mile Rocks.

Family and friends left flowers at the scene where Ashleigh Humphreys died.

CCTV footage showed her, heavily intoxicated, staggering from lane to lane before the accident.

She appeared to fall to the ground, dropping out of view of the camera. A short time later, a dark sedan travelled down the same lane — and it’s at this point the car is thought to have struck her while she was on the ground.

Police seized the man’s car earlier in the week and had been forensically analysing it, confirming on Wednesday that they believed the car was the vehicle that hit and killed Ms Humphrys.

Material from underneath the car was sent for analysis but the result isn’t expected to be known for days.

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